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Apple iPhone 15 relegated to USB 2.0 unless you buy the Pro (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by casualhippo@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So - in your opinion - any company shipping a USB 2 device is 'malicious'?

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apple was forced by the EU to stop using their old and worse connector

So they're complying, but they're purposefully limiting the less expensive phone as a malicious compliance to that

Pretty simple really

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Lightning connectors are definitely worse than USB-C, but when they were introduced the alternative was micro USB which is objectively worse than Lightning cables.

Of course, with wireless charging I haven't used an actual cable in five years so it doesn't matter that much to me.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So lightning cables offer transfer rates of 480Mb/s - USB 2.0 offers 625Mb/s. You are cross that they swapped out Lightning for USB on the main models and use USB 3 as a differentiator in the Pro models. Fair enough, but that's not 'malicious'. It's not even malicious compliance.

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

USB 2.0 is also 480Mbps.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You obviously don't get the point. Educate yourself on Apple and USB-C, please.

[–] June@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You mean the Apple that provided more than 20% of the engineering force that developed USBC?

Or the Apple that released the first USBC laptop to market?

That Apple?

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Or the apple that fought against USB-C for their phones since basically forever and now implemented it with USB 2? Yes, this one.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It doesn't sound like you actually have a rebuttal.