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I know it's extremely unlikely, I do wish Apple would move its phones and tablets to use USB-C too.
by marcosscriven 9y ago
I know it's extremely unlikely, I do wish Apple would move its phones and tablets to use USB-C too.
- iwintermute 9y agoI can't understand why they won't do it.
- narrowtux 9y agoI think 2 reasons: 1. They already have a lot of accessories for lightning and they would kinda lose that sweet 30 % MFi for 3rd party lightning accessories 2. A lot of people who don't know why USB C is great will probably bitch about how Apple is changing the port on the iPhone _again_, like they did when they switched from 30 pin to lightning. Could be a PR nightmare
- iwintermute 9y agoNo PR nightmare is bigger than loss of headphone jack - I imagine lot of people had great and expensive headphones that are no longer usable directly. Apple seems to survived that.
- cnkeller 9y agoIf memory serves, Apple had a licensing deal with Intel over the lightning port on the iPhones. I can't recall the expiration of the deal, but that's why the laptops already have USB-C and the phones/tablets don't.