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Apple’s already working on it. Well connected industry analysts Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman have both reported on Apple testing USB-C iPhones, and current rumours suggest we’ll see the devices in 2023 with the launch of the iPhone 15. That’s assuming the iPhone 15 has a charging port at all.
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(Image credit: Apple)
Why this EU regulation affects everyone everywhere all of the time
The EU can’t compel companies to change the way they do things if they’re not based in the European Union. But it can compel them to change the products they sell in the EU – so if Apple wants to continue selling iPhones in Europe, it’ll need to have USB-C for wired charging. And Apple does want to continue selling iPhones in Europe, because it’s a huge market.
Although the UK won’t be following the EU’s lead – the BBCreportsthat our politicians appear to be taking a brave stand against the tyranny of sensible chargers because it’ll “stifle innovation”, apparently – it will apply in Northern Ireland, and any changes Apple makes are likely to be global anyway. So we’ll be getting USB-C whether the UK government likes it or not.
It’ll be interesting to see what Apple does here, because it’s possible that Apple might do to the wired charger what it did to the headphone jack in theiPhone 7and go all-in on wireless everything. I don’t think it will, not least because there’s a lot of wiredCarPlayvehicles and wired iPhone accessories out there, but with Apple anything’s possible – and with earbuds and headphones such asAirPods,AirPods ProandAirPods Maxalready connecting wirelessly, it’s hardly an outlandish idea. I can’t remember the last time I plugged the lightning cable into my MagSafe-enablediPhone 13.While Apple has already embraced USB-C for itsMacBooksand recentiPads, it might decide to cut the cables completely when it comes to iPhone.
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