Were you hoping that theiPhone 12would come with a USB - C port rather of a lightning connecter . USB - C is already available on iPad and Mac , so why not iPhone and AirPods ?
USB - C promises a lot : a charger for all your Apple products , as well as other gadgets such as headphone , speakers , powerbanks and all the other battery - powered contrivance that fill our home . A corduroy for everything .
iPhone XS , iPhone 11 , and now the iPhone 12 have all been precede since the iPad obtain a USB - C connective , and yet none of them have been gifted with the same interface . Each time the iPhone has kept its lightning connexion .
Had Apple wanted the iPhone to have a USB - C connector , we would have already see it .
The fact that the iPhone 12 has not yet featured a USB - C port answers the interrogation of when USB - C will appear on Apple phones : the answer is never . USB - C will never come to iPhone . If Apple was thinking of adding it it would have done so already .
In fact , I write a alike column back in 2018 with the same headline . Today , the arguments that Apple will skip USB - degree centigrade are even strong .
The reason Apple wo n’t add USB - snow to the iPhone is the newly introduce ki battery charger with it ’s nostalgic name : MagSafe . It the perfect chance for Apple to ram client to expend £ 39 on another accessory for their iPhone , instead of just using the charging line that comes in the parcel ( andthe plug that does n’t ) . You canbuy the MagSafe from Apple here .
We already bang that Apple likes wireless technologies and wireless gismo . The company was one of the first to stick in wireless connection cards in its laptops , and many times they have been quick to take away ports that they think are no longer need .
That ’s not to say that removing interface has always gone down well with customers . There was outcry when the headphone jack was removed in 2016 . But Apple ’s solution for the absent earpiece jack is spelledAirPods .
Most Apple products today have only one or two ports for connect chargers and other contrivance .
It is obvious that Apple cerebrate that wireless charging is a good estimate . Apple put a lot of energy and engine room hour into the incredibly challenging , and stillborn , AirPowercharger . The AirPower project ( which is aver to have continued despite the difficulties ) exhibit that the company believe that wireless charging is a applied science deserving improving and investing in .
Because , right on now , wireless charging has a band of restriction . Higher heating generation ( which batteries generally dislike ) , low efficiency ( which results in higher vigor expenditure ) , and you are never so bound to a special area as with just “ wireless ” charging . As soon as you pick up the telephone , it stops charge . Your charging corduroy at least give you a routine of space to range in .
Apple ’s MagSafe solves at least two problem . You do not have to imagine about place the telephone correctly on the courser , a trouble that AirPower also essay to solve . The attraction click firm in just the right position .
The magnets also keep the charger confiscate to the back of the iPhone and thus enable it to go on to charge it even if you pick up the speech sound to apply it .
MagSafe can also charge quicker than many other wireless chargers . 15 watts is almost as firm as fast charging via cable system – but only almost .
Apple has apparently spent a considerable amount of metre developing the MagSafe arrangement , with its two chargers and other accessories . Nothing in the introduction of iPhone 12 and MagSafe points to USB - C in next iPhone models .
Once Apple has straightened out the problems with receiving set charging the room access will be widely open for an iPhone completely without a port , neither lightning nor USB - C.
If nothing else , it means that Apple , after the earpiece and the charger , can last also remove the charging cord from the iPhone corner .
The eventual move away from plugging in to agitate to wireless charging will also enable Apple to make iPhones more waterproof in the future .
This article to begin with appeared onMacworld Sweden . Translation by Karen Haslam .
