Leaker yeux1122 says that Apple Store staff have been told to make sure iPhone 15 buyers know about the change…

  • cuchilloc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get it, current charger is usbc out. The current charging cable is usbc to lighting. Why won’t the included cable work with the old charger? New cable should be just usbc male on both ends. What am I missing?

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      The new cable, that is included in the box, is C to C, both male, so there is literally no issue. Apple is just butthurt that they had to ditch lightning.

      And probably they want to redirect the anger of iPhone buyers from them to the EU.

      • cuchilloc@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        And 9to5 mac is butthurt too? Like… I still have two iPod classic cables and they are not going to the landfill. They will replace the one I use when it breaks. Same will happen for these, you will give them along to whoever still has a lighting jack until they break.

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        They are so butthurt they said they will be limiting data transfer speeds to usb 2.0 because they want people to use their stupid icloud subscription

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          The lightning phones could only use 2.0 speeds. There is no change to the hardware except for the form factor of the connector.

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            And that is the problem. If Apple was truly selling top end hardware they should have used a USB-3 or even a Thunderbolt 4 port and possibly a truly fast charging experience, but again, they don’t want their customers to use their usb-c ports for anything but charging because that would lower the value of iCloud and they like that subscription money now.

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              1 year ago

              Fast charging and data transfer are two different things. The iPhone must comply with USB PD at least 100W.

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      1 year ago

      Apple is trying to claim it’s the fault of regulators that usb-c to lightning cables will be useless e-waste despite being the wankers that chose to use lightning instead of usb-c in the first place.

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        1 year ago

        It’s good that regulators put a stop to Apple producing even more proprietary BS cables then.

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          But not USB as a standard it doesn’t. They still chose proprietary over standard because wankers.

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                Other than, you know, the connector. The thing most people care about. Most USB-C cables today are usb 2.0 still anyway so they have the same spec as Lightning.

                Micro usb was non reversible, the little pins broke all the fuckin time so the cable wouldn’t stay in the port, and the connector would damage the port itself so you’d just be fucked.

                Lightning was miles ahead of that. It was reversible so it literally didn’t matter how you put it in. There were no fragile little pins to hold it in so it lasted a lot longer, and since the internal pins in the port were all on the sides of the port it was a lot harder to damage the port itself. If the cable got damaged you could just replace it without worrying about the port.

                Lightning was better than micro and mini usb in pretty much every way.

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                  There were no fragile little pins to hold it in so it lasted a lot longer

                  …except Apple made the housing and cable super fragile so they’d sell more “certified” cables. Phew, dodged a bullet there. Any excuse Apple ever made about Lightning falls on its face when you figure out how two-faced they are.

                  Sad thing is that I actually liked Lightning cables, a lot, but I liked them when they were made by decent manufacturers with braided cord and a sturdy connector.

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                  Lightning cables are notorious for breaking. https://you-well.co.uk/why-apple-cables-break-so-easily-what-to-do/

                  So what is there left to say about it…that you don’t have to look at the port before plugging a lightning cable in? Is that your justification for saying the USB standard sucked?

                  Most USB-C cables today are usb 2.0 still anyway so they have the same spec as Lightning.

                  Modern PCs have 3.0 ports. Androids have 3.0 ports. 3.0 cables are available at any online store. What the actual fuck are you talking about?

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                    You’re the first person I’ve ever heard defend micro usb lol. So congratulations there.

                    Yes Apple branded lightning cables break pretty easily. Not the fucking port in the phone though. Way to ignore that.

                    “Android” isn’t a single maker. Sure galaxies and pixels are USB3.0 or 3.1. The vast majority of cheapo Android phones use 2.0.

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              Yep, the e-waste conversation is bullshit apple propaganda because they aren’t happy about playing nice with competitors and losing proprietary control of their connectors despite it being the same e-waste as if they were upgrading from or to any other standard.

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                Eh, at the time they went with proprietary over micro usb to have a reversible port that could push more wattage. I feel like they’ve been dragging their feet because consumers hate changing to new cable standards. I remember the complaints when they moved away from the 30-pin to lightning. They’ve been putting USB C on devices for years now.

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                  I remember the complaints when they moved away from the 40-pin to lightning.

                  Are apple consumers more prone to this complaint than the rest of us? Since I’ve had cell phones I’ve moved from USB-mini to USB-micro to USB-C. Every time it was a better change. This is just as many as apple is being asked to do except now they get to benefit from all of the 3rd party cable manufacturers.

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                    I think most tech-illiterate consumers are iPhone users. That’s been my experience in the US at least. If I started talking cable wattage or data transfer speeds to my aunts and uncles they would immediately glaze over.

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                  at the time they went with proprietary over micro usb to have a reversible port that could push more wattage.

                  They only came with 5W chargers from the early models up to the iPhone 11 in 2019.

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                    Yeah, but Apple was planning on using the port for years, which they have. iPhone 8 was the first to support faster charging in 2017.

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          I was a bit skeptical of your statement, because it FELT like they came out at the same time; but you are completely correct. The iPhone 5 with lightning was released Sep 2012, and the USB-C standard was published in Aug 2014. Almost exactly 2 years later. The first smartphone with USB-C didn’t come out until a full year later, though. So lightning was more like 3 years ahead in the phone world.

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          Two years is like no time in the land of technology standards. Apple did not know whats going to happen in 2 years? Come on!

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            They weren’t going to keep a huge 30 pin connector for two extra iPhone models or spend two years on microusb just to quickly switch to usb-c. And I think they went with the 40-pin over micro-usb as they already had a base of consumers with those cables from the success of iPods. If Wikipedia is correct micro usb was only announced six months prior to the original iPhone.

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      1 year ago

      The chargers are fine, but the old cables are now much less useful. The only thing left (I think?) that uses lightning are AirPods.

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        That’s going to be me after the iPhone 15 comes out. I’ve been needing to upgrade for a while now, but have been waiting until the 15 comes out so I can switch over to usb-c. The only one left after that will be my AirPods.

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      I have friends who still have iPhone XR, XS etc and those came with USB A bricks. And any time I buy some cheap gadget with a USB-C port it just comes with a USB-A to C cable. So I can see lots of people still out there with only USB A chargers, although you’d think they would be in the minority now.

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      All my bricks are still USB-A because they don’t break, so if I were to come home with a C to C cable, I’d be out of luck.

      But it’s just a sales tactic, people are acting like Apple is trying to start an uprising against the EU or something