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This sounds naive, but why is it advantageous for Apple to limit transfer speeds? I understand adding a chip to control which accessories are fully compatible,
by zahma 4y ago
This sounds naive, but why is it advantageous for Apple to limit transfer speeds? I understand adding a chip to control which accessories are fully compatible, but isn’t this a missed opportunity for Apple to tote new transfer speeds? Or would they only relegate transfer speeds for uncertified products?
- GloriousKoji 4y agoMarket segmentation. If you want the fancy new advertised transfer speeds you'll have to buy the more expensive Pro line.
- ThatPlayer 4y agoI believe it's simply that their older SoCs do not support USB 3 because it has never needed it. And the base not-Pro models will probably re-use the last year's Pro SoCs as it did this year. My bet is the new Pros will use a new SoC, and then the year after base phones will re-use that SoC and have USB 3. Even when they re-used the iPhone SoCs for iPads, their solution is to add a separate USB 3.0 host controller, while leaving the client USB on the SoC USB 2.0: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ipad-mini-6-is-still-usb2-0-when-connect-to-mac.2313014/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ipad-mini-6-is-still-us... . That didn't stop them from advertising it as USB 3.0 of course.