iPhone 15 will reportedly come with a USB-C port according to reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. It’s too early to believe the claim since there’s still time for the iPhone 15 and the Cupertino based tech giant will unveil the iPhone 14 later this year.
Kuo’s claim is based on his latest survey i.e. talking to suppliers instead of anything based on evidence. He adds that the new iPhone will ditch the Lightning port in favour of the USB-C port. It will improve the iPhone’s transfer and charging speed in hardware design but the final spec details will depend on iOS support. The analysts states that existing USB-C related suppliers of Apple are expected to become the market focus in the next two-three years attributing to vast orders of iPhones and accessories adoption of the USB-C ports. This also hints that Kuo anticipates Apple to drop the port altogether.
Additionally, the EU is closing in on introducing a new law that will require smartphone makers to remove all proprietary charging ports and switch to USB-C which is considered to be the gold standard for charging and data transfers.
Currently, Apple’s iPhones come with Lightning ports. The brand adopted the USB-C port for Mac back in 2015 and the iPad made the switch from Lightning to USB-C in 2018. This left the iPhone as the core Apple device with the Lightning socket. As per reports, there was a view that the iPhone will continue to retain the older connector until it goes entirely portless.
The iPhone 15 with USB-C will debut in the second half of next year. Till then we can expect more developments to crop up.
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