Apple Will Switch iPhone to USB-C Because 'We Have No Choice' - PCMag

Greg Joswiak, Apple's Senior Vice President of Marketing, has confirmed the iPhone volition beryllium making the power to a USB-C larboard due to the fact that "we person nary choice."

Joswiak and Craig Federishi, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, had a speech with The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern yesterday wherever the taxable of cables and ports was broached. You tin ticker the 35-minute speech successful afloat below.

Joswiak doesn't judge a authorities being truthful "prescriptive" and enforcing a power to USB-C for each devices was the close happening to do, and successful information helium claims it volition origin much physics waste. However, erstwhile it comes to abiding by the caller rules, Joswiak states, "obviously we'll person to comply, we person nary choice."

The European Union volition necessitate each phones, tablets, and cameras to use USB-C for charging earlier the extremity of 2024. Based connected Apple's emblematic merchandise rhythm for caller iPhone models, it means the iPhone 16 volition request to vessel with a USB Type-C port, though Apple could determine to marque the power adjacent twelvemonth connected the iPhone 15.

If Apple decided to garbage to marque the switch, it would not beryllium capable to merchantability caller iPhones successful immoderate EU countries, which is unthinkable. So Joswiak is close successful saying Apple doesn't person a choice. And portion yet it volition mean tons of Lightning cables and accessories volition yet go redundant, successful the agelong word the power to USB-C everyplace should effect successful little e-waste being created. Recycling should besides beryllium encouraged.