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Apple to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Cables to USB 2.0 Speeds: Report::undefined

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[–] couragethebravedog@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless it's limited by hardware this will be a main cause for jailbreaking your iPhone.

[–] protput@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What makes you say that? 90% of the users don't even connect their iPhone to a pc anymore.

[–] zzz@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also from the leaks a while back the USB 2.0 speeds via USB-C will “only” affect the standard models, apparently.

Pro models should receive some form of Thunderbolt 3 (not 4*)/USB 4… so it’s more than likely Apple will get away with this once more.

*Side note: TB4 spec requires supporting more than 1 external display/monitor iirc, and it’s pretty safe to say the next iPhone Pro will not do that, lol. Pay attention to Apple’s Marketing: with the products where this is applicable in recent times, it tends to say “Thunderbolt/USB 4”, because it’s only Thunderbolt 3, not 4, the newest/better standard (e.g. Macbook Air).

[–] MentalEdge@ani.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TFW a wifi transfer literally loads files from your phone faster than a fucking cable.

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the point. Expect the iPhone 17 to be portless to the consumer.

[–] hackitfast@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There has to be a USB-C. Some people will always want wires to transfer data, even if it's through their "wireless charger", which is proprietary.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And some people will always want a headphone jack... oh wait...

[–] zzz@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The difference with wireless listening vs. charging is that the former doesn’t need close to 2x the power of the cable-bound method and doesn’t destroy the phone’s battery in the process, unlike the latter

[–] Yoddel_Hickory@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wireless listening absolutely needs more than 2x the power of wired listening. It also needs charging an entire other device. You're right that it doesn't affect the phone battery, though I don't think wireless charging "destroys" it.

[–] zzz@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I’ve tried using wireless charging in a friend’s car on my iPhone SE a few weeks back.

Result: notification that charging had (!) to be stopped at around 50% due to overheating and was poised to continue once the iPhone had cooled down sufficiently. It never continued as that was all I needed to know about the current state of wireless charging with light usage on the side.

Good point on the wireless listening and ear pieces needing a battery as well, though. I guess with those it comes down to convenience for most buyers.