The new iPhones, slated to drop on Sept. 22, feature never-before-seen color-infused glass — an “industry first” — and new charging ports.

Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’::Smart phone fans are griping about Apple’s new devices since the arguably anti-climactic announcement of the forthcoming iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus on Tuesday.

  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    Coincidentally, USB C. Just not on their mobile devices.

    They were some of the first to ship a laptop with USB C, and they went balls out.

    • MrSpArkle@lemmy.caEnglish
      925·
      1 year ago

      No coincidence, Apple helped design USB-C. They have been slowly transitioning for years but everyone thinks the EU “made” them switch.

      • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        192·
        1 year ago

        USBC has been around for years now, so why not make the switch before they’re legally required to, if not to keep users on proprietary cables for just a little longer?

        • MrSpArkle@lemmy.caEnglish
          62·
          1 year ago

          USC-C spec was finalized about two years after they made the switch to Lightning. The first smartphone with USB-C came 6 months after that finalization. Apple wanted to get rid the 30 pin and felt the uncertainty around USB-C timeline was too high, so they rolled their own.

          If they switched to USB-C for phones just 2-3 years after Lightning it would’ve been a terrible experience for iPhone users.

          • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            I remember the outrage around moving to lightning. Doing it again so soon after for a connector that’s (slightly) more fragile and provided no real benefit would have seriously hurt sales.

            • June@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              i just had a memory show up in my facebook timeline with a comparison of the number of ports Apple had used on the iPhone and how many Samsung had used. samsung had used something like a dozen in the same timeframe of about 5 years but everyone was pissed that the 30 pin was going away. and on top of that, lightning was introduced as ‘a port for a decade’ which, incidentally, it’s been in use for… 10 years.

            • scvEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              USB-C has been a better option for years, if only because of how widespread it is. It sounds like Apple might have a crappy USB-C port on the 15, but on my phone it can do so much, I love it.

              USB-C is as big of a change as USB-A/B was back in the day (I don’t miss having a gazillion connector types).

              Some specs:

              Lightning vs USB-C:

              • 480Mbps vs 80,000Mbps (I wrote 10Gbps initially, it’s up to 80Gbps now)
              • 96 watts vs 240 watts
              • HDMI only - HDMI and DisplayPort

              Edited to fix formatting and USB-C speed