The iPhone 15's rumored USB-C port will likely be just as slow as Lightning - Macworld

It’s nary concealed that Apple is switching the iPhone to USB-C adjacent year. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to beryllium immoderate amended than a Lightning port. A caller report by Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple is going to usage a slower USB 2.0 larboard for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, akin to the 1 successful the 10th-gen iPad Air. That means it’ll person a maximum transportation complaint of 480Mbps and won’t beryllium perfect for thing different than charging.

But similar the iPad Pro, Kuo says the iPhone 15 Pro models volition enactment “at slightest USB 3.2 oregon Thunderbolt 3,” which would presumably enactment 40Gbps record transfers. In fact, Apple’s existent and upcoming devices connection a wide assortment of speeds: 

• iPhone 15: 480Mbps (USB 2.0) (rumored)
• 10th-gen iPad: 480Mbps (USB 2.0)
• iPad mini: 5Gbps (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
• iPad Air: 10Gbps (USB 3.1 Gen 2)
• iPad Pro: 40Gbps (Thunderbolt 3)
• iPhone 15 Pro: 40Gbps (Thunderbolt 3) (rumored)
• MacBook Air: Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gbps)
• MacBook Pro: Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gbps)

As Kuo points out, astir Android phones presently enactment USB 2.0 arsenic well, truthful the iPhone 15 Pro would beryllium the outlier with higher-speed transfers. Admittedly, astir radical don’t interest astir record transportation speeds connected their phones and volition beryllium perfectly good with USB 2.0. However, for pro users who sprout 4K videos and usage ProRes, the other velocity volition beryllium an fantabulous selling point.

Author: Michael Simon, Executive Editor