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.

  • BURN@lemmy.world
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    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.ee
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      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.

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      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