EU denies Apple allegations that moving to USB-C will stifle innovation
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TheGoldenMellifluous, 15 Oct 2021I mean, at this point, Apple is already being cornered and ... moreThey already released iPhone 13 with lighting port
Eu can cry until next year
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ASL, 15 Oct 2021Innovation? Not able to fix your phone yourself? Closed eco... moreYes like "super fixable android phones"
Samsung S20 ultra and note 20 ultra with USB_C with 3/10 score and unfixable iPhone 13 pro with 5/10
https://www.ifixit.com/smartphone-repairability?sort=score
keep mocking yourself with repairable Androids
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Sun Sand, 15 Oct 2021They could have actually put it on iPhone 6S (Sep 2005) and... moreThe cable they put in iPhone boxes is lightning to USB C, while most chargers are USB A so existing chargers won't work with that cable. Once again Apple forces people to get new charger despite them already having multiple chargers. And when they do get a new charger, it will be most likely from Apple so once again, Apple earns extra from it, and at the same time there is absolutely no price reduction in phone for removal of charger They can just use their older cables but that is already broken since it is made to break soon. So customer has to buy a new one sooner or later. New iPhone customers obviously do not have lightning to USB A cable so they too must get a charger with USB C because all their chargers are USB A
Profiteering 100
So yes, that innovation thing is just all BS. Truth is they want to keep selling that weak, overpriced cable and earn extra from it and the royalties that they charge from lightning cable makers each year
And then they say they it's all for the environment. Well it's for greenery, but a different kind of, which they like
- TheGoldenMellifluous
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- 15 Oct 2021
I mean, at this point, Apple is already being cornered and at one point, they rather dropped their Lightning Port altogether and switch all to wireless charging via their MagSafe Magnetic Charger rather than switching to USB-C Port on their iPhones.
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ASL, 15 Oct 2021Innovation? Not able to fix your phone yourself? Closed eco... moreJesus, you people still yapping about "cAnT REpaIr ThE PhOne" where you can clearly repair an iPhone and it even gets better remarks by iFixit in general than most other brands. Also this whining over closed ecosystem is getting old at this point. There is nothing closed about it if you don't close yourself into it. But you Apple haters wouldn't know anything about that anyway. I'm an iPhone user and I can migrate back to Android in an hour and not be restricted by anything. And repeat the process in an hour back to iPhone's iOS. As for "closed port" whatever that even means, when iPhone 5 users were enjoying reversible connector and could just plug it in easily from any direction you were still poking and proding your microUSB like an absolute savage and rotating the cable around like an ape trying to fit cube through triangular hole. No one cared about innovation back then and now that USB-C exists you're all the biggest smarta**es in the world.
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Akinaro, 15 Oct 2021Apple talking about innovation...Like LTPO or first tablet with 120Hz variable refresh rate in 2017...
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Keep crying EU
iPhone 14 is gonna be lighting or portless
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AnonD-994853, 15 Oct 2021Yes, it was an excuse for Apple to make more money. But the... moreThey are doing this already, since the iPhone 12 series, they ship the devices with USB-C to Lighting cables which forces consumers to buy USB-C power adapter's. As previously it was always USB-A to Lighting power bricks.
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Techfun, 15 Oct 2021Lots of power wastage and eco unfriendly*today -- guess what innovation and lots of continuous research is for?
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Anonym, 15 Oct 2021Except that in a world full of wirelessly charging surfaces... moreLots of power wastage and eco unfriendly
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Tyfyh, 15 Oct 2021Are you a troll? What you said is that wells on the moon ha... moreYes! If presenting hard facts that show how you can already use whatever charger you want today, thus stopping the ewaste problem as you nicely stated in your comment now is called trolling, then I most definitely am trolling you.
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blue.sun, 15 Oct 2021Can you imagine, how energetically demanding this would be?... morePretty sure you forgot to add a *today* somewhere in your comment. Guess you don't understand what innovation means after all. (hint: it's all about solving challenges that were not possible to overcome until today; we are not there yet, let's see what the future holds)
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Innovation? Not able to fix your phone yourself? Closed ecosystem? CLosed charging port (only Iphone uses this ports). That's backwards not innovation.
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Anonymous, 15 Oct 2021iPhone 5 had reversible connector when Samsung's lates... moreI see you've not been in the techspace wide enough to read the jokes about the s7 having microusb. Granted i still bought the redmi note 3 pro back then, but at it's price i could buy 3 kenzos for the price of 1 s7.
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AnonD-909757, 15 Oct 2021The problem is that Apple is right...
Indeed, we need Appl... moreI do know about the benifits of a magnetic port and there have been phones that supported magnetic charging other than the USB port. In the past Sony and Motorola have already released such phones like the Xperia Z with it's side mounted magnetic port, and the Moto Z Force with snap on magnetic accesories on the back. As I used both the phones, I can say that magnet charging was really very convenient, once I started to use that feature
There was quite a difference between the two implementations though. While the Sony needed a magnetic charger it was still a wired way of charging in the way that the charger needed to be attached to the wall, but Motorola was a step ahead. They had this accessory called Moto Mod Power Pack that could be pre charged with the charger that came with the phone and then it could be simply be attached to the back of the phone, when it was brought close to it, was like a battery case but only that it was magnetic. It also had several other applications and they even released various other accessories, based on the same concept. Unfortunately, they have long stopped making such phones
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Anonym, 15 Oct 2021What's keeping you from doing that today? The iPhone m... moreAre you a troll? What you said is that wells on the moon has run out of water and cows started to kill people.
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Roman5, 15 Oct 2021Apple should have switched to USB-C way back during the iPh... moreThey could have actually put it on iPhone 6S (Sep 2005) and majority of their customers would have bought USB C accesories instead of Lightining!
It's Apple's fault, many in the tech arena were actually hoping and expecting Apple to take the lead in adopting this universal standard. instead here they got greedy and stupid, and now moaning and crying like donkeys!! Innovation can be done on USB C itself. Proprietary has too and needs to go, somebody educate this rotting fruit company plse!
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talha5007, 15 Oct 2021the one who got stuck with decade old lightening port talki... moreiPhone 5 had reversible connector when Samsung's latest and greatest flagship, Galaxy S5 still had directional microUSB... And that continued through S6, S7 and S8 finally got USB-C. Facts don't matter to Apple haters here on GSMArena...
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Anonym, 15 Oct 2021Except that in a world full of wirelessly charging surfaces... moreCan you imagine, how energetically demanding this would be? I guess not. Transferring power wirelessly is the most lossy way.