Apple will reportedly introduce different USB-C ports on its iPhones for next year, making the Pro model even more attractive.
While we don’t really know what next year’s iPhone will look like, we do know for a fact that it will arrive with a USB-C port. Now, we are getting news that Apple can offer two different types of USB-C ports on its iPhones, one that comes with the standard iPhone and iPhone Plus model, and the other that will be used in the Pro variants.
According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will definitely get rid of the Lightning connector on its iPhone 15, and finally switch to USB-C. What’s interesting is that Kuo mentioned that Apple will use two different USB-C ports on its iPhones for next year. The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will reportedly have a standard USB-C port, with wired transfer speeds on par with the existing Lightning connector. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have much better transfer speeds, with Kuo stating that the phones will “support at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3.”
This is a bit of news, considering that users have been complaining for quite some time regarding the transfer speeds found on the iPhone. Apple’s Lightning connector first appeared in 2012, replacing the 30-pin dock connector made popular by Apple’s iPod products. The Lightning connector was compact and best of all, it could be inserted into the charging port in either direction. This was a huge problem at the time, considering other phones were using microUSB, and USB-C wouldn’t start appearing in phones until 2015.
A decade after launching the Lightning connector, while most products have transitioned to using USB-C, Apple has managed to hold on to the Lightning connector, despite its shortcomings. Whether it’s forced to use USB-C or just does it on its own, we know the iPhone 15 with USB-C is going to be a big deal, and it’s coming in 2023.
source: Ming Chi Kuo (Twitter)
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