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"W00T, THE BARE MINIMUM, TAKE THAT GOOGLE" *Apple fans, still stuck, like, in 2017
What really blows my mind is not that the lower-end models have USB2.0 speeds, but that all iPhones always have in the past.
Lighting truly was ancient.
Apple actually upgraded Lightning to USB 3.0 speeds for the first (and second?) generation iPad Pro. There's a official USB 3 "camera adapter" (essentially a Lightning to USB-A + Lightning passthrough for charging dongle) that works with these iPads at 3.0 speeds.
That was a very short run though, I don't even think Apple ever released a Lightning to USB-A/C cable with 3.0 speeds.
Neat I didn't know that
Of course the top comment is some "Apple vs. Google" garbage.
I can't say that I've seen any comment like this where the user wasn't being sarcastic.
Are you a robot?
I hope not, otherwise I have been charging myself the wrong way for decades!
It says “bot” next to your username for me in the Lemmy app. I think that’s why they asked lol. Beep boop
For now…
Also the article states the lower price models will get 480Mbits, the more expensive ones will get 10Gbits. There is your artificial limitation. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the same hardware inside
Older chip doesn't have a 3.0 controller. While disappointing, not really an artificial limit
(Android fan btw)
Well, they decided to stick to USB 2 instead of USB 3.2 for their base model, despite the high cost of the phone.
But how many people actually use this port for data transfer in uses cases where speed is vital? I haven’t transferred anything to my iPhone by cable since 2015 or something.
Actually that's one of the frustrations I had with my old iphone. I don't want to install itunes and sync stuff, I just want to connect my phone and transfer that one file from my friend's computer.
With Android you can transfer data to a new phone over a direct USB C to C cable connection
I for example loathe every time I need to do some kind of file transfer for my wifes iPhone, and I have a macbook from work.
Just let me open the phone and do my thing. No, you have to have everything in sync everywhere.
Why do all iphone articles currently have this picture of a toilet seat?
:-)
I cannot unsee this now lmfao
The bigger question is, will developers be able to talk to their USB-C equipment without an MFi chip?
Yup, the ability to connect stuff and power it means very little if Apple doesn't let you interact with it, they still have full control over drivers and APIs
Linus from LTT had a good idea where this comes from, the Apple Silicon in this generation of iPhone doesnt have a better usb controler. That could explain it, the time from defining a cpu to the first device are 4-5 years.
Surely with all the space they saved by removing the headphone port, they could get a controller in there
It's not just the controller, it's the bandwidth to the CPU too. The old controller was limited to USB 2 speeds and Apple probably wasn't planning to expose more on that port.
They're using an apb node of the main axi bus, they need to promote usb to a full axi node or put it on a faster clocked apb node.
Power Islanding, but also the IP isn't drop in, if they're using synopsys there's a few changes they have to make, it's a much bigger block.
So no more MFI badges on accessories?
As the report notes, it is still possible that Apple will launch a "Made for iPhone" certification program for iPhone accessories with a USB-C port, but it appears that uncertified accessories will work just fine with the devices.
Still no thunderbolt
