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>Apart from Lightning, which was created when no better alternative existed Gotcha, then why does new iPhone not have USB-C while new MacBooks only have USB-C?
by parthdesai 8y ago
>Apart from Lightning, which was created when no better alternative existed
Gotcha, then why does new iPhone not have USB-C while new MacBooks only have USB-C?
- sbuk 8y agoApart from Lightning...
- parthdesai 8y ago>Apart from Lightning, which was created when no better alternative existed... There is a better universal alternative out there today and yet they continue to use Lightning port in iPhones.
- sbuk 8y agoDo you not remember the caterwauling the last time they dared change the port on the iPhone/iPad?
- lemoncucumber 8y agoAccording to wikipedia, the USB-C spec was finalized in 2014, while lighting was introduced in 2012. So GP's point was correct that USB-C was not an option when lightning was created. As far as whether Apple should now migrate from lightning to USB-C, that's a separate question with tradeoffs on both sides.
- parthdesai 8y agoI clearly mention new iPhones, don't i?
- lemoncucumber 8y agoYes, and I clearly mention that changing connectors again has different trade offs than if they’d been able to go straight to USB-C in the first place, don’t I?