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USB-C confirmed for the iPhone 15 in new leaked images - Macworld

www.macworld.com USB-C confirmed for the iPhone 15 in new leaked part images

Time to toss your Lightning cables.

We’ve known that the iPhone is switching to USB-C for a while now, but there was always a possibility that Apple would stick with Lightning for one more year. Based on the latest leaked images, however, Apple is all-in on USB-C for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models, with USB-C parts for the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, and iPhone 15 Pro Max all shown in a leaked image by X user fix Apple.

With the switch to USB-C, nearly all of Apple’s devices will have adopted the new standard, with only AirPods, Mac accessories, and the iPhone SE remaining aside from older iPhones and the 9th-gen iPad.

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Government regulation works.
EU is the real MVP. Hoping that a few more years now and we'll have iphone with USB C, app sideloading, user replacable battery. I've never owned an iphone before but if that happens, I might consider one.
Apple is honestly garbage. This would have been news 5 years ago. Now it's just sad.
One of the good things coming out of the EU.

I still wonder if Apple will do a split between EU iPhones and the rest of the world, though. Lightning accessories make money.
Hot damn! Thank you, EU. Maybe we'll finally be able to climb out of connector hell.
Hm. For some reason, I felt like Apple was going to be petty enough to only make phones with USB-C ports exclusively for EU territories and leave the rest of the world with proprietary ports. Good for them for not doing that I guess.
Watch them roll with the most barebones feature set possible just so they can point and say, "see, lightning was obviously better!"
Was that so hard?
I wonder how they're going to announce it at their keynote. Because Apple was strong armed into doing this they didn't want to. At all. They kicked and screamed the whole way but they did comply.

So. Will they present it as an evolution like they almost invented the thing? Will they be passive aggressive about it? Or will they just say nothing about it.

I'm also expecting Apple to basically use the worst USB-C standard possible, which, just like Lightning, will basically be USB 2 in terms of speeds and so on. At least on the non-pro models. :/
I'm really curious how apple will present that on stage. If they say anything positive about the change everyone will ask why they didn't do it sooner. But they also can't just not say anything about it
Next up: allow side loading!

I might actually consider getting an iPhone.

(it's crazy you still cannot get a version of Firefox with both adblock and bookmarks sync on ios)
fucking hell are we really at number 15? Are they just going to keep going with this naming scheme until the iPhone 1523?
Yes because wireless charging is still very inefficient. Most of the energy seems to go into cooking your phone for you rather than actually recharging the battery.

It's fine for a quick top-up but if you want your phone to go from flat to 30% in 15 minutes you're going to need wired charging for the foreseeable future.

Going over to full wineless charging would have been very anti-consumer. Not that I'm going to get an Apple device, but I'm glad that they didn't try and screw people over on that one.
I wish I could get a 15 mini with usbc. That's all I want.
I bet it's USB 2.0. Sidenote: DAE hate all cloud transfer options/nearby share/airdrop and just plug in a good old cable like me any time they need to transfer stuff lol?
Been waiting for this for like 4 years now.
though Apple is expected to adopt curved edges for the first time since the iPhone 11.
Not sure how a leaked photo can 'confirm' anything but good news regardless
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I’m still surprised they didn’t just go MagSafe only for non pro models.
God I waited. I was tempted to go for the 14, but suspected the 15 would have usb c. This will be a tidy upgrade from my 12 Pro.
About damn time
Could have had superior BNC, pathetic.
Props for MacWorld's editors for digging out the OG Blue Pixel for this device shot†

†(back when they originally took it)
I’ll start saving up then. Still on the XS max but this is finally worth the upgrade.
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One year early, so they can make a big deal about proprietary restrictions if you don't use Apple accessories, which won't be the case the following year with no mention.

This is the one iPhone left that they can do anything they want regarding USB-C, without being under the new law as it won't be in place yet and won't apply to product SKU's that were released prior.

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