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Will be the iPhone 12 Do you use a USB-C connection or stick with Lightning? Lightning has been around since iPhone 5 in 2012, when it debuted as a replacement for the old 30-pin charger that had been around since the iPod. Lightning had its advantages, a long time ago: It was small and allowed for faster data transfer. But we’ve been living in the USB-C era for years. Lightning feels old by comparison.
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Apple’s iPad lineup has started to change: the iPad Pro first, now the Ipad air this year. All MacBooks have been moved to USB-C / Thunderbolt 3. I can charge a iPad Pro, Macbook Pro, Nintendo switch, Google Stadia controller and Oculus Quest 2 all of common charging cables. And then Lightning for the rest.
At the moment, there is a power strip on my home office desk studded with all the bricks and wires I need to charge all my random devices. I see a ton of wearable-specific chargers, but for everything else, it’s pretty much all USB-C. Everything, that is, except the iPhone and the few other Apple devices that still use Lightning.
I hate dongles. And I dislike the proprietary charging cables even more. At least one could be removed on future iPhones.
I don’t think I need to explain why USB-C should be on the iPhone. Because … do all other phones use it? Because half of Apple devices do it, more or less? And it would also allow for a smoother flow of accessories and dongles for the iPhone and iPad Pro and other products I use. Sure, I can do a lot of those things with Lightning and a dongle – I could stream to a TV with HDMI, or use a microSD card to read data from the camera. But still, USB-C would be much better.
Well, this could go too far. But you could do it on an iPad Pro.
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Sure, you may have all those Lightning accessories that you may need to replace. Who cares? Unlike the evolution from 30-pin to Lightning, which involved two waves of proprietary ports and accessories, USB-C skips all of that. And, again, here’s the great news: Apple has already made the move. Or he made the move halfway.
Maybe the iPhone 12 doesn’t have USB-C. But if that’s the case, it should come next year. Don’t skip it. Do not run out of port and merge everything in a free port slab as everyone is anticipating. No Please. If the iPhone is an everyday computer, it would be extremely helpful if it had an everyday port as well. Just a small one.
See this:
Why the iPhone 12 should have Touch ID
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