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iPhone 15 buyers will be reminded Lightning cables are now landfill (9to5mac.com)

submitted 10 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de -1 points 10 months ago

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