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This is asinine. Apple has shown a strong commitment to supporting particular standards for extended periods. For example, the iPhone's 30-pin connector was maintained for over 10 years. Similarly, the Lightning port, its successor, has also been around for about a decade. (And, it should be noticed, started being used two years BEFORE USB-C existed.) Additionally, Apple has supported the Thunderbolt standard throughout its life cycle.
Apple has always been judicious about the ports it adopts. The company is not known for having a plethora of ports catering to multiple generations of connector technologies. Instead, when Apple picks a standard, it tends to go all in. Take the case of USB-A: Apple was one of the early adopters of this technology and supported it for approximately 20 years before making the switch to USB-C. To put this in perspective, the time between the USB Mini to Micro switch and the Micro to USB-C transition was shorter than the lifespan of Apple's 30-pin and Lightning connectors.
It's unreasonable to assume that Apple would restrict the cables that can be used in a standard USB-C port. The USB-C standard is built on the principle of universal compatibility. Restricting this would not only break with the standard but also limit the very advantages that have made USB-C popular among consumers and manufacturers alike.
The company is not known for having a plethora of ports catering to multiple generations of connector technologies. Instead, when Apple picks a standard, it tends to go all in.```
Yet it offers USB-C for some of its products while not for others. iPad, MacBook has had USB-C for sometime now. It is not that Apple knew that it was a better option than whatever lightning was.
It's unreasonable to assume that Apple would restrict the cables that can be used in a standard USB-C port. The USB-C standard is built on the principle of universal compatibility. Restricting this would not only break with the standard but also limit the very advantages that have made USB-C popular among consumers and manufacturers alike.
Apple only provides usb 3.1 speeds on iPhone Pro and only if you buy a new cable from Apple. The supplied cable is only USB 2.0 . We just have to wait and see if Apple does or doesn't allow third party non Apple certified cable capable of supporting USB 3.1 to work on iPhone Pro. Whereas regular iPhone has been knee capped by keeping the same slower cable. Merely changing the connector to finally being modern.
Apple only provides usb 3.1 speeds on iPhone Pro and only if you buy a new cable from Apple.
You don't have to keep repeating this made-up lie. While it's true that it only comes with a USB 2.0 cable, you don't have to buy a USB 3 cable from Apple. Any USB 3 cable will work just fine.
All the news pieces I have heard and read mentioned that you have to buy a different cable to get USB 3 speeds. None of the reviewers could test it with a non Apple certified cable as it was a launch event.
My opinion is based on the scumminess of tech companies.
If you are sure that is a lie and any USB-C cable would work please share your source. Till then I won't trust Apple to do right by the consumers.