Current Events > Are Apple serious? The big new iPhone feature is USB-C?

(+) Yeah! (+)

True innovation, breathtaking and brave to come up with something most phones have had for a decade lmao.

Apple simps will lap it up though, thank you Apple for inventing USB-C!!!

No, the new feature is if you don't use the apple USB-C your phone will charge and transfer data at half the speed.

I can't believe someone is bitching that Apple is moving to a more universally used port.

The USB-C port was forced on Apple by EU legislation.

damn but the lack of usb-c made it so special =/

Error1355 posted...

I can't believe someone is bitching that Apple is moving to a more universally used port.

Thank you Apple for inventing USB-C!!!

Error1355 posted...

I can't believe someone is bitching that Apple is moving to a more universally used port.

I think TC is hating on Apple and iPhones to feel better about his phone choice

isn't the question if it is worse than how it was before?

And the reality is a law was passed forcing them to adopt USB-C.

Error1355 posted...

I can't believe someone is bitching that Apple is moving to a more universally used port.

Apple is forced by the EU to do it, and was activly lobbying against it.

They made arguments why their Lightning connector for iPhones is better for years.

Were_Wyrm posted...

No, the new feature is if you don't use the apple USB-C your phone will charge and transfer data at half the speed.

Well, ofc.

Otherwise they would lose money from the "Made for iPhone" certification, and cheep stuff is made by the devil.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/26/apple-confirms-iphone-to-get-usb-c-charging-to-comply-with-eu-law.html

I thought they weren't getting announced until next week? A lot of talk over the cameras being pretty tasty on the 15 Pro Max.

I'm curious how they'll market it though. Apple never plays catchup to anyone, they always have to be bringing "new and innovative" things to market. It's not a high PPI display, it's the "Retina display". It's not VR, it's "Spatial computing". How will they market a port that's been on their competitors for the best part of a decade?

The non-pro models will still be USB 2.0

clown mods

ai123 posted...

The USB-C port was forced on Apple by EU legislation.

That's the funny part to me if Apple is acting like this is some revolutionary big deal. I didn't see the announcement or anything, though, so I don't know how Apple is framing it.

Apple never plays catchup to anyone

You can't be serious.

TheSuperSilver posted...

You can't be serious.

The person is saying their marketing tries to make it look like they never play catchup.

Who even has a Lightning connector?

(put your hands down, Mac owners one and two over there.)

mistymermaid posted...

Who even has a Lightning connector?

(put your hands down, Mac owners one and two over there.)

I do but thats also because my phone is an 8 Plus which is the last iphone with a button as I refuse to update it despite the battery dying a bit faster now.

ColonizedMind posted...

Thank you Apple for inventing USB-C!!!

Are you OK?

Droidbeards shook that their favorite criticism of Apple is disappearing

They're going to cripple data speeds by model and cable if they can't restrict charging speed by cable.

I feel bad for any content creator that cheaps out and forgoes the USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt that the pro models will have.

Pitlord_Special posted...

Droidbeards shook that their favorite criticism of Apple is disappearing

Not at all. They're still using the wrong OS.

Karovorak posted...

Apple is forced by the EU to do it, and was activly lobbying against it.

They made arguments why their Lightning connector for iPhones is better for years.

Yeah Apple sucks. However even if Apple themselves didn't want to do it, them switching to USB-C is objectively a good thing. =P

So many cultists.

Seems like the right move, and as said earlier:

Error1355 posted...

I can't believe someone is bitching that Apple is moving to a more universally used port.

What good is a standardized connector, if the filesystem is still locked behind iTunes/Finder?
All that's changed is that you can use your mom's charger now.

Questionmarktarius posted...

What good is a standardized connector, if the filesystem is still locked behind iTunes/Finder?
All that's changed is that you can use your mom's charger now.

Which is a good thing, right?

ai123 posted...

Which is a good thing, right?

Good luck ever cleaning the Apple junk out of a Windows PC.
The hell is "boujour.exe" anyway?

Apple users are going to blow this horribly.

They're going to try to keep their 5 watt cubes from 10 years ago and use a to c cables.

They'll also buy whatever cheapo gas station charger they can find and then still complain about charging speeds.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Good luck ever cleaning the Apple junk out of a Windows PC.
The hell is "boujour.exe" anyway?

I've never had to do that.

I'm fairly neutral on the Apple/Android thing. But making things like chargers universal seems like it makes life easier for people. Might cut some waste too, if people can just re-use older stuff.

uwnim posted...

The person is saying their marketing tries to make it look like they never play catchup.

Yes, this is correct. Apple virtually never been the first to do... anything really. They didn't make the first PC, GUI, MP3 player, smartphone, tablet, all-in-one, online music store or pretty much anything that they pride themselves on. You'd never know that if you listened to their marketing though. I genuinely like the Apple stuff I do have, but I'm under no illusion that it's been done before.

Why does it matter if its been done before?

People dont care about this when it comes to video game consoles. They just want the consoles to be good.

Damn_Underscore posted...

Why does it matter if its been done before?

People dont care about this when it comes to video game consoles. They just want the consoles to be good.

For users? It kinda doesn't. Smartphones especially have an issue with 1st gen tech often being really bad even if the concept is good. For example, foldable phones have improved massively over just a couple of years. The first under screen cameras and fingerprint sensors were dogshit. Indeed, I think Apple's strength was taking an existing idea, polishing out the issues and marketing it as something desirable.

From a marketing standpoint? It's a bad look to just say "We now have a feature that our competitors have had for years!"

Damn_Underscore posted...

Why does it matter if its been done before?

People dont care about this when it comes to video game consoles. They just want the consoles to be good.

Because Apple has a high price tag and is known for being restrictive and proprietary with their hardware and software, especially compared to Android, though that has lessened dramatically over the last decade. So the stereotype is you end up with a less functional product with a much higher price tag than the market equivalents, whilst being told Apple innovates years old features from other products.

KINDERFELD posted...

And the reality is a law was passed forcing them to adopt USB-C.

If only there was a law to make them fix their garbage notification system

TheSuperSilver posted...

Not at all. They're still using the wrong OS.

I commend Apple on being a innovator. They always push the tech but the adoption rate is always less.

Is this really surprising though? Everyone knows iphones have old tech and features by now. It's just casuals who knows nothing about phones that buy apple because of brand name

Its amazing how theyve convinced the masses to pay more for near decades old technology whilst having half the functionality of a midrange Android phone.

Error1355 posted...

I can't believe someone is bitching that Apple is moving to a more universally used port.

Die hard fans and cults are getting kinda similar

Sorry you're too poor for an iPhone tc

Error1355 posted...

I can't believe someone is bitching that Apple is moving to a more universally used port.

Want to circle back to this as its a completely disingenuous post. Sure compatibility in general is a positive that even when you factor in theyre being FORCED to do it by the EU its still a net win for the consumer. However, its the main selling point of the most expensive phone on the market, a near decades old feature, that theyre purposely nerfing on all but the most expensive version of the phone. But please, carry on defending it and being purposefully vague.

Cobra1010 posted...

Die hard fans and cults are getting kinda similar

In the end, it's just the same old annoyance that "thing I already have" is made useless by "thing I just got".

Lightning cords will merely join those old fat 30-pin cords, and Mini-B, and Micro-B, and that weird one Nokia used for awhile, all in that same box of old and redundant USB cords in the garage. Let me know if you ever find an old Gameboy link cable in that box.

Questionmarktarius posted...

In the end, it's just the same old annoyance that "thing I already have" is made useless by "thing I just got".

Lightning cords will merely join those old fat 30-pin cords, and Mini-B, and Micro-B, and that weird one Nokia used for awhile, all in that same box of old and redundant USB cords in the garage. Let me know if you ever find an old Gameboy link cable in that box.

No way, it's mine, you can't have it

ai123 posted...

The USB-C port was forced on Apple by EU legislation.

Yep, and good for them to make Apple stop being so incredibly awful.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The hell is "boujour.exe" anyway?

Trumpet Winsock for people who didn't learn the first time.

ColonizedMind posted...

Want to circle back to this as its a completely disingenuous post. Sure compatibility in general is a positive that even when you factor in theyre being FORCED to do it by the EU its still a net win for the consumer. However, its the main selling point of the most expensive phone on the market, a near decades old feature, that theyre purposely nerfing on all but the most expensive version of the phone. But please, carry on defending it and being purposefully vague.

Did you mean to quote my post because none of this remotely comes close to addressing my post. The fuck are you talking about? The fuck did you think I was talking about?