USB-C confirmed for the iPhone 15 in new leaked images - Macworld

We’ve known that the iPhone is switching to USB-C for a while now, but there was always a possibility that Apple would stick with Lightning for one more year. Based on the latest leaked images, however, Apple is all-in on USB-C for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models, with USB-C parts for the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, and iPhone 15 Pro Max all shown in a leaked image by X user fix Apple.

With the switch to USB-C, nearly all of Apple’s devices will have adopted the new standard, with only AirPods, Mac accessories, and the iPhone SE remaining aside from older iPhones and the 9th-gen iPad.

TheRealMalc,

I wish I could get a 15 mini with usbc. That’s all I want.

feifei,

15 mini pro

remer,
@remer@lemmy.ml avatar

This is all I want

briongloid,
@briongloid@aussie.zone avatar

One year early, so they can make a big deal about proprietary restrictions if you don’t use Apple accessories, which won’t be the case the following year with no mention.

This is the one iPhone left that they can do anything they want regarding USB-C, without being under the new law as it won’t be in place yet and won’t apply to product SKU’s that were released prior.

quortez,
quortez avatar

Props for MacWorld's editors for digging out the OG Blue Pixel for this device shot†

†(back when they originally took it)

SkepticElliptic,

Could have had superior BNC, pathetic.

windlas,

Bayonet Neill–Concelman?

SkepticElliptic,

No more loose charging ports.

jacktherippah,

I bet it’s USB 2.0. Sidenote: DAE hate all cloud transfer options/nearby share/airdrop and just plug in a good old cable like me any time they need to transfer stuff lol?

quasar, (edited )

I’m still surprised they didn’t just go MagSafe only for non pro models.

violetsareblue,

I’ll start saving up then. Still on the XS max but this is finally worth the upgrade.

noddy,

EU is the real MVP. Hoping that a few more years now and we’ll have iphone with USB C, app sideloading, user replacable battery. I’ve never owned an iphone before but if that happens, I might consider one.

Sodis,

This and we are gonna have replaceable batteries in the future as well. Thanks EU!

Overzeetop,

If you don’t need access to iMessage or are not part of the iCloud ecosystem (i.e. do most/all of your work on a Mac), it’s still not worth it. I switched ~3-4 years ago for iMessage and the Lidar sensor. The lidar is shit for technical work, or really anything other than the simplest in-phone diversions. If iMessage were available on Android I’d almost certainly swap back. It’s not that the phone is bad, per se, just that there are weird limitations that pop up from time to time that wouldn’t exist with an Android device.

Edit: I was going to jump on the 15 for the USBC, but I’ll probably wait for the hype to die down unless I get a sweetheart upgrade deal from my provider. My airpod case is still lightning, so there’s no economy for me in getting my phone switched over.

saffron,

If you’re happy using a third party app then you can use iMessage on Android.

Overzeetop,

Good to know. That’s an interesting app all around.

I moved because of the insular iMessage (including facetime) system my family uses, and have tried several hacks over the years prior to access it on my phone/desktop. During the time we were auditioning apps, there simply wasn’t a more reliable mobile system that worked on iOS with the features we wanted (and, trust me, I tried several).

noddy,

I don’t really care about imessage or icloud. But apple have a much better track record for providing updates for old iphones. Android is quite enshittified these days. Filled with sponsored unremovable apps, abandonware stock rom, and if you try to use something else like lineage os, it is no longer possible to use banking apps etc. Really all iphone need for me to consider it is sideloading apps which is presumably on its way.

Overzeetop,

[edit - my first response was combative; I didn’t intend it to be]

Sadly, iOS is filled with sponsored, unremovable apps - the only difference is that they are Apple branded. I lock down my notifications pretty hard, and I generally don’t subscribe to streaming media. I get regular, invasive pop-ups to join Apple Music and Apple TV+. You can’t turn those off, you can’t uninstall them. Yes, they keep devices updated for longer, but once you fall out of that period almost none of the apps will work anymore and you can’t get versions that will work with your OS revision until you’re left with a brick (it’s happened on multiple iPads for me). It may be the lesser evil, but it’s still annoying at times.

noddy,

Damn that’s a bummer. So the strategy of all the tech corporations now is to annoy us into paying yet another subscription.

beepnoise,

About damn time

Plume,

I wonder how they’re going to announce it at their keynote. Because Apple was strong armed into doing this they didn’t want to. At all. They kicked and screamed the whole way but they did comply.

So. Will they present it as an evolution like they almost invented the thing? Will they be passive aggressive about it? Or will they just say nothing about it.

I’m also expecting Apple to basically use the worst USB-C standard possible, which, just like Lightning, will basically be USB 2 in terms of speeds and so on. At least on the non-pro models. :/

worfamerryman,

They will probably introduce some dock to monitor mode that is super limited in functionality and talk about how they just couldn’t get it working right with lightning or something.

Plume,

Honestly, some kind of dock that would turn iOS into iPadOS on a display sounds kinda neat.

worfamerryman,

Why not just full blown MacOS?

Plume,

It’s Apple we’re talking about, I’m being realistic. Plus, that would require two OSes on the device. iPadOS is not really another OS, just iOS for larger devices.

worfamerryman,

Samsung is doing it with Dex. I don’t think MacOS and iOS are that different anymore. I’m not saying there isn’t work to do, but it’s far from being outside of Apples ability.

sim642,

Maybe they won’t even announce it.

lemann,

I think they’re going to hint at it for a few seconds and very quickly move on. I wonder how it’s going to affect MFI products though

irasponsible,

They wanted to software-limit non-MFI usb cables, not sure if the EU will stop them in time.

mici01,

They already stopped them … the EU law that mandetes the USB-C conenctor also mandates support of USB-PD if the device supports fast charging.

natanael,

But that still won’t affect 3rd party accessories other than just chargers.

probably,

Iirc the EU said it was expected to have feature parity between apple and non apple cables.

Also, if they did that, it would be a characteristic that makes iphones look worse than android. Just imagine being an iphone owner needing a charger and your friend hands you their fast charging android one only for it to be slow as piss for you right after they spent 10 minutes getting 40% charge.

gapbetweenus,

Apple actually pioneered and pushed USB-C use with their Macbooks which had only USB-C ports. Pretty sure they kept lightning out of pure greed.

Plume,

That Macbook was too ahead of its time… 12 inches was such a good size. It was so thin, too. Wish they’d make a MacBook SE or some sort and bring it back with an M1 or M2 chip in it.

gapbetweenus,

The big MacBook Pro was shit. Almost switched to other brand after it.

BarryZuckerkorn,

You’re 100% right.

The 12" MacBook had a great form factor right at the time that Intel CPUs really started to struggle with performance at lower power consumption, so the design turned into a huge weakness for thermal management. If they had similar performance per watt as the base M1 later showed off, that device would’ve been perfect for an ultraportable laptop, the spiritual successor to the discontinued 11" MacBook Air.

Aurailious,

I thought I read there was an agreement with accessory manufacturers about keeping the same port for 10 years. Because they didn’t want to run into previous issue of the iPod pin port being discontinued quickly.

upstream,

Yup, and as far as I can tell they still require custom chips for “made for iPhone” approval.

The lighting port has one good thing though, it’s robust and easy to clean. I’ve cleaned my fair share of dirty charging ports on phones and USB-C is a bitch to clean sometimes. Really depends on what you have at hand.

Also funny to hear when people replace their phones because the USB port was dirty (cable doesn’t stick and the “phone just doesn’t charge anymore”. A toothpick and a blast of compressed air later and the phone is as good as new.

Chewy7324,

Yes USB is annoying to clean. We were on a trip and had nothing at hand except a piece of a plastic zip tie lying on the ground which worked wonders. It took a while though.

echodot,

Yes because wireless charging is still very inefficient. Most of the energy seems to go into cooking your phone for you rather than actually recharging the battery.

It’s fine for a quick top-up but if you want your phone to go from flat to 30% in 15 minutes you’re going to need wired charging for the foreseeable future.

Going over to full wineless charging would have been very anti-consumer. Not that I’m going to get an Apple device, but I’m glad that they didn’t try and screw people over on that one.

orilea,

Yet.

owiseedoubleyou,
@owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml avatar

though Apple is expected to adopt curved edges for the first time since the iPhone 11.

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/92672321-98d7-4d49-8100-f880ed04ee5d.jpeg

ayyndrew,

Damn, I use a Pixel but I’ve always liked how the 2018+ iPad Pro and 2020+ iPhones looked. I wonder if the front will still be flat with a curved back, like the Nothing Phone 2

HeavyRaptor,

Next up: allow side loading!

I might actually consider getting an iPhone.

(it’s crazy you still cannot get a version of Firefox with both adblock and bookmarks sync on ios)

Oneobi,

Apple knows that consumers don’t want that. Apple knows everything.

I feel so suffocated by their products!

kupfakura,

Never, Google pixel and machine learning

traveler01,

I use Safari with AdGuard to get AdBlocking.

June,

God I waited. I was tempted to go for the 14, but suspected the 15 would have usb c. This will be a tidy upgrade from my 12 Pro.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

Apple is honestly garbage. This would have been news 5 years ago. Now it’s just sad.

erwan,

Wait until you hear the same Apple fans who kept repeating the iPhone is better because of the lightning port suddenly praise Apple’s genius to switch to USB-C.

d3Xt3r,

I can’t wait to see tweets from people claiming that Apple invented the USB-C port.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime, (edited )

Ya know what’s ironic actually? They were one of the companies that helped create that standard. They just couldn’t be bothered to use it as long as they could make a buck filling up landfills with their proprietary bullshit.

DJDarren,

As an iPhone user since the 3GS, I couldn’t really give a shit which port my phone has, because I almost never actually use it. Data transfer is usually via iCloud or Airdrop, and charging is almost always on my MagSafe stand.

That said, it’ll be nice for my next phone to be able to use the same USB-C adapters that I have for my MacBook for those odd occasions they’re needed.

echodot,

The lightning port is literally the USB-C standard but with a bunch of features removed, a lower max voltage rate, and it’s less safe. It’s not going to blow up on you, but it is less safe then usb-c.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

Yep. That’s what they always do. I cannot wait for Tim Cook to be giddy about it on stage lol

boonhet,

Their 10 years of no charger port change promise hadn’t yet expired 5 years ago. So it sure would’ve been news if they’d broken it. In fact it ran out a year ago, so I guess they went 11 years.

Thorny_Thicket,

Not saying it’s the right thing to do but sticking to lightning was more profitable to them due to licencing fees. Switching to usbc means they’re losing money

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

This is exactly why they didn’t do it before, despite it being the right move to make. But they lied and said lightning is a better tech

Silviecat44,

I like apple 👍

Swarfega,

I don’t. But their hardware is top notch. Fuck Apple. I like my Google Pixel. But fuck Google too.

CobraChicken,

This is not sad. Progress is progress.

Good on EU to force their hand, we should be cheering for regulatory agencies making life better for consumers.

Bene7rddso,

It’s sad that it took so long

echodot,

It’s depressing that they were forced into it rather than realising for themselves that it’s bad for their own consumers to continue to have to use their crappy proprietary port. Of course they don’t care they make money out of lightning and that’s all that matters.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

The EU rocks, but it is sad apple had to be forced to do this instead of choosing to not be dicks

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