Thursday, 2 March 2017

The next iPhone won’t switch to USB-C, but its cable likely will

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the next iPhone would feature a “USB-C port for the power cord and other peripheral devices instead of the company’s original Lightning connector.” The poorly worded report made it seem like Apple was planning to replace its Lightning connector with USB-C, but reliable KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo disagrees.

“We believe all three new iPhones launching in 2H17 will support fast charging by the adoption of Type-C Power Delivery technology (while still retaining the Lightning port),” says Kuo in a research note obtained by MacRumors. The note appears to suggest that Apple will switch one end of the power cord to USB Type-C instead of the regular USB connector. If accurate, this...

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from
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/2/14789538/apple-iphone-lightning-connector-usb-c-rumors

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-next-iphone-wont-switch-to-usb-c.html

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