TechPhonesiPhonesiPhone 15 Pro and Ultra: faster USB could be a really big dealIf you’re using your iPhone for serious photography or shooting lots of video, you’re going to want to go ProWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesiPhone 15 Pro and Ultra: faster USB could be a really big dealIf you’re using your iPhone for serious photography or shooting lots of video, you’re going to want to go ProWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
If you’re using your iPhone for serious photography or shooting lots of video, you’re going to want to go Pro
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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The picture at the top of this article is hardly the prettiest we’ve ever run, but if you’re a seriousiPhoneuser it could be the most important part of your next phone purchasing decision. The USB-C port that’s coming to all theiPhone 15range is expected to be different in theiPhone 15 ProandiPhone 15 Ultra. Outside it’s the same old USB-C, but inside it’ll supportmuch faster speeds.
How much faster? Up to 90% across multiple file types, according to USBMakers. They’ve put together a USB speedcalculatorthat you can use to calculate data transfer times for various kinds of files across various generations of USB.
Why faster USB-C matters to iPhone pro users
The USB-C connector for the iPhone 15 Pro and Ultra is reportedly the same one you’ll find in the latestiPad Pro, with Thunderbolt 4 data transfer of up to 40Gbps. That’s faster than the USB-C in the currentiPad AirandiPad mini, which delivers 10Gbps and 5Gbps respectively. It’s over four times faster than the theoretical maximum speed of Wi-Fi 6. And it’s over eighty times faster than Lightning.
That matters because many of the people who buy Pro and Pro Max iPhones are doing so because they want to use the best possible settings for photography and video, and when you do that the files you create are absolutely massive.
If you’re shooting ProRes video in 4K you’re looking at 6GB of data per minute of footage. And chances are, if you’re shooting ProRes video in 4K time is very definitely money. I don’t mind waiting for a funny video of my dog to upload, but if you’re shooting proper video for work you don’t want to hang around.
As much as I’d like to have that kind of speed too, I don’t need it. And if you’re not a creative pro, you probably don’t either. But if you use your iPhone for serious creative stuff then that faster transfer time is going to make the most expensive iPhones much more attractive. We’ll hopefully find out more atWWDCnext week.
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