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> As for me, I'm fine with Lightning I'd have expected Lightning to remain but the other end of the cable should've either switched to USB-C or some sort of ad
by tolien 8y ago
> As for me, I'm fine with Lightning
I'd have expected Lightning to remain but the other end of the cable should've either switched to USB-C or some sort of adapter been included in the box.
As things stand you could walk into an Apple Store, spend the better part of four thousand pounds on a MBP and an iPhone X, and get home to find out that you can't plug one into the other without Apple wanting to take another £35 for a USB-C to Lightning cable (obviously other cables are available but that's beside the point).
That's absolute madness and destroys the idea that Apple hardware exists within any sort of ecosystem.
- Terretta 8y ago> *I’d have expected Lightning to remain but the other end of the cable should've either switched to USB-C...” Use the iPad Pro 29W USB-C charger (or Anker’s USB-C chargers, etc.) and Apple’s USB-C to Lightning “Power Delivery” (USB-C PD) cable, you can ultra fast charge iPhone X, iPads, etc., and yes, you can charge it from current Macs or other brand laptops with USB-C.
- tolien 8y agoMy point, I suppose, was that one of those cables should be in the box. The charger's neither here nor there for the sake of my argument: as things stand, you can plug your phone into the charger and the connection between the two can be USB-A, USB-C or Jony Ive's finger for all it matters.
- alonmower 8y agoThis was the most frustrating thing for me. I have a new touchbar mac and iphone x and when i realized i needed a usb-c to lighting cable and went to the apple store in downtown sf they didn't have any in the store. this was ~6 months after the iphone came out so it wasn't even an initial rush related issue. crazy.
- jedberg 8y agoI'm actually shocked that Apple doesn't offer an exchange program -- bring us your USB-A to Lightening cable and we'll switch it out for a USB-C cable.