Finally.

Now I just hope they don't institute some dumb program where it only talks to Apple devices or some crap.

I've had issues with my past 2 usb c phones. the female connector has a hidden male part in the phone. when you insert the cable incorrectly, it can damage that internal male part. it is much harder to replace that part then just getting a new cable. the lighting cable was a classic male connector to a classic female part

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

Thank you EU - those Lightning cables are so overpiced and rather fragile.

Cool, can we open up a virtual serial connection to an arduino without buying a mifi chip?

I've been envying iPhone users for the tons of lightning cables for headphones and IEMs. Hope the new generation USB C cables expands the options for Android users.

We will finally learn which is more rugged, lightning or usbc. The female lighting is so easy to clean from sand and lint.

They have been "forced" by EU (yay, fxck non standard connectors) but in the article seems like Apple made this choice to "upgrade" the functionalities of their products...

Now I can finally throw away all of those perfectly usable lightning cables and buy a horde of new USB-C cables that do absolutely nothing to improve my experience. Thanks for that, EU.

A friend got a new high end 2019 Samsung phone. The week it came, we were at the beach. I offered my USB battery. They used a USB-C to USB-C charge cable to connect it. They passed the phone-and-battery to me and I grabbed it by the cable , as I would with a lightning cable.

The USB-C detached from the phone and the phone fell 3.5 feet onto the rocky sand. It immediately broke the rear glass.

After that experience, I'm still skeptical if the friction available in the USB-C socket is up to the task of day-to-day phone use (vs lightning). Among other challenges, Apple must have been struggling with this all along.

Other than the iPhone and the ear pods, I can't think of a single Apple device that doesn't have USB-C. The Macs all have it, beats pro have it, homepod has it, even the Apple TV has a USB-C port.

I'm sure the universe of people who only have those two devices and don't have friends that own literally any other devices will be distraught that they have to add a $5 cable to their next phone purchase, but I don't feel very bad for them. Would you prefer it if the 15 had two ports instead?

??? Using a standardized cable that you'll always be able to find at a friend's place that also works with basically all modern devices doesn't improve your user experience?

Why, are they also forcing you to throw away your old iPhone?

the term experience was used and only carrying 1 usbc cable from a fast charge portable power bank for an iphone and M chip macbook will be an amazing experience

Imagine complaining about standardization.

Now I can buy good white Bluetooth headphones without having to retool my entire home's power banking.

I can't wait to be using USB C in 15 years because of the EU.

As someone who hasn't owned a mobile apple device since 2012 or so (my ipod touch still had the old wide port that predates thunderbolt), my expectation of friction for a cable is essentially just that it requires more force to remove than you would normally exert by moving the phone itself.

This sounds snarky but I'm genuinely interested in the different perspective - is it a normal thing to hang your iphone off the cable to move it around?

If we're going to base the reliability of a connector by a single example my 6 year old phone still holds cables as snuggly as day one. I can grab it from the cable and it doesn't fall. Maybe if I try to treat it like a whip it will but that's outside a reasonable use case. The cable is not 6 years old mind you, close to 3. But the connector aside from pulling gunk out with a needle a few times works perfectly.

Just don't grab things by the cable?

Though it might depend somewhat on manufacturing tolerance, I suspect that USB C is designed a bit like MagSafe to prevent cord-tripping accidents. I've walked through my USB C charge cable for my (Apple) laptop several times, and thankfully each time the cable disconnected without sending my laptop crashing to the floor. Yet for the most part the connection has been solid and hasn't unplugged on its own. The exception is if dirt/lint/etc. gets into the socket and the plug doesn't go all the way in, but that has also happened with lightning.

Although I do think that MagSafe offers better cord-trip protection, USB C wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be.

MagSafe also has a weird issue that magnetic or metallic dust/grit can get stuck in the socket! You can usually clean it out though.