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I'll need to buy new AirPods too, unless I want to carry a lightning cable around too. Or just always use wireless charging with them.

dylan604 3y ago
my AirPods came with a USB-C to lightning, so that will still work with the phone to charge on the go
ls612 3y ago
Luckily the newer AirPods cases can charge from an Apple Watch charger so I don’t need to fiddle with cables.
- wlesieutre 3y ago
  EDIT - disregard this, it's charging with cables only using the iPhone as a battery iPhone 15 will charge your watch and airpods from the back of the phone, so you don't even need to travel with the watch charging cable anymore. Samsung did this already (branded as "PowerShare") so it's the year of iPhone catching up on charging features.
  - reportingsjr 3y ago
    Where have you seen Apple mention this ability? In the presentation they specifically called out being able to charge airpods via iphone _with_ a cable, not wireless charging between airpods and iphone. I am surprised apple hasn't included this ability yet. My pixel 6 pro also has this ability.
    - wlesieutre 3y ago
      Aah good catch, I misinterpreted it that way from the arstechnica liveblog. You can charge them from the phone using a USB C-to-C cable (airpods) or C-to-puck cable for the watch. Not quite as convenient, but still good to have.
      - lxgr 3y ago
        This is just a very standard feature of dual-role USB devices, no? I was also really hoping for wireless "MagSafe-out" charging for the Apple Watch, which would come in very handy when traveling – often there's limited outlets on hotel nightstands, and sometimes I just forget the watch charger.
        wlesieutre 3y ago
        Yeah, my solution for traveling has been a Satechi Quatro power bank, which has built in Qi and Apple Watch chargers. It's not MagSafe so lining up the phone on the charging pad is a bit fiddly, but it means I can charge my phone/watch/battery all from one USB-C plug and don't need a lightning or watch cable. If I'm traveling with a computer too I use a 2x USB-C wall wart to fit everything in one plug. Not perfect, but beats the rat's nest of cables that it replaced. Since the Qi charger isn't MagSafe it doesn't really work for topping up the phone from the battery on the go, so I often end up tossing a short Lightning cable in my bag anyway. Will be nice to have USB-C eventually and not worry about that (but I intend to drag this iPhone mini out for a good 5 years). https://satechi.net/products/quatro-wireless-power-bank https://satechi.net/products/quatro-wireless-power-bank
quitit 3y ago
Don't forget you can now plug your airpods into the phone instead of needing a charger.
- turndown 3y ago
  One of the features of my S10 I ended up loving is the ability to charge my (wirelessly chargeable) headphones via my S10 which can act as a wireless charger
  - AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
    The S10 line is long past its feature-updates timeline and may have just received its last security update, so I fear yours and my S10e are soon to be retired. I will greatly miss the SD slot and headphone jack...
    - turndown 3y ago
      Yup! I actually intend to trade mine in for an iPhone 15 now that they finally have USB C.
    - lmm 3y ago
      Sony still have SD slots and headphone jacks in their top-line Xperias, I switched there from Samsung for exactly that reason.
    - terribleperson 3y ago
      Samsung peaked with the S10. I don't know what I'm going to move on to when mine gets too long in the tooth.
    - flipbrad 3y ago
      LineageOS works very well on the S10e
- chrisshroba 3y ago
  What do you mean? Wouldn't you still need a charger between the phone and the airpods case?
newaccount74 3y ago
And get new iPhones and Airpods for the rest of the family...
- teekert 3y ago
  I really hope you are kidding. Can't say. Many people are ditching perfectly good tech these days...
  - newaccount74 3y ago
    Yes, obviously I was kidding. I'm looking forward to the day when I need to pack only USB-C cables when we go on family vacation, but it's still going to be a couple of years until we replaced the last device with lightning port (especially iPads seem to last forever).
bombcar 3y ago
I've been using mostly wireless charging with my current phones; and watch (you have to there) mainly because the lightning port would usually be the first thing to die. I wonder if they'll sell cases alone for existing AirPods.
- Schweigi 3y ago
  I keep my iPhones for many years before buying a new one and never had the lighting port die. What happens though is that the port gets dirt inside and stops working. There are tiny brushes (available on Amazon) which solve it and the port starts working again. Nevertheless still good that now only one cable is required - especially since the iPad and iMac use USB-C as-well. Not sure what to do with the AirPods - hopefully the wireless charging directly from iPhone 15 will make it unnecessary to have to carry the cable for the pods.
  - JohnBooty 3y ago
    This is my experience as well.
gnicholas 3y ago
If you have AirPods with wireless charging, you can charge them off your iPhone, it sounds like. But I'll be carrying around a USB-A to Lightning cord when I'm traveling anyway, since hotels/airplanes/airports are still on USB-A. EDIT: Looks like I was confused by this brief description, and they were just saying that you can plug the peripherals into the iPhone. NBD.
- aidos 3y ago
  Wait, what??
  - gnicholas 3y ago
    I'm pretty sure I heard them mention that during the iPhone 15 segment. I could be wrong though. EDIT: yep, per Ars Technica, you can now charge your Apple Watch or AirPods off the iPhone 15: https://live.arstechnica.com/apples-september-12-2023-wonderlust-event/ https://live.arstechnica.com/apples-september-12-2023-wonder...
    - pshc 3y ago
      I wonder how much energy is lost when charging wirelessly.
      - porkloin 3y ago
        They don't support wireless charging from phone to airpods. That would be great, and is available on some android devices. This was referring to being able to charge your airpods or watch by plugging them into your phone with a cable.
        gnicholas 3y ago
        Oh, that's silly. If I had a charge cable with me I'd also have my computer or iPad, which I can use to charge.
kaba0 3y ago
Because it is so hard to charge them like every 5 days or more at home where you have a litany of cables laying around..
scarface_74 3y ago
I carry these around. They are standard USB cables with USB A and USB C on one end and USB C and Lightning on the other end. https://a.co/d/fxsaZ58 https://a.co/d/fxsaZ58
meowtimemania 3y ago
Maybe you could just get a new airpods usb c case?
dang 3y ago
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37485328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37485328. (There's nothing wrong with it - I'm just trying to prune the top-heavy thread)

dylan604 3y ago

my AirPods came with a USB-C to lightning, so that will still work with the phone to charge on the go

ls612 3y ago

Luckily the newer AirPods cases can charge from an Apple Watch charger so I don’t need to fiddle with cables.

wlesieutre 3y ago
EDIT - disregard this, it's charging with cables only using the iPhone as a battery iPhone 15 will charge your watch and airpods from the back of the phone, so you don't even need to travel with the watch charging cable anymore. Samsung did this already (branded as "PowerShare") so it's the year of iPhone catching up on charging features.
- reportingsjr 3y ago
  Where have you seen Apple mention this ability? In the presentation they specifically called out being able to charge airpods via iphone _with_ a cable, not wireless charging between airpods and iphone. I am surprised apple hasn't included this ability yet. My pixel 6 pro also has this ability.
  - wlesieutre 3y ago
    Aah good catch, I misinterpreted it that way from the arstechnica liveblog. You can charge them from the phone using a USB C-to-C cable (airpods) or C-to-puck cable for the watch. Not quite as convenient, but still good to have.
    - lxgr 3y ago
      This is just a very standard feature of dual-role USB devices, no? I was also really hoping for wireless "MagSafe-out" charging for the Apple Watch, which would come in very handy when traveling – often there's limited outlets on hotel nightstands, and sometimes I just forget the watch charger.
      - wlesieutre 3y ago
        Yeah, my solution for traveling has been a Satechi Quatro power bank, which has built in Qi and Apple Watch chargers. It's not MagSafe so lining up the phone on the charging pad is a bit fiddly, but it means I can charge my phone/watch/battery all from one USB-C plug and don't need a lightning or watch cable. If I'm traveling with a computer too I use a 2x USB-C wall wart to fit everything in one plug. Not perfect, but beats the rat's nest of cables that it replaced. Since the Qi charger isn't MagSafe it doesn't really work for topping up the phone from the battery on the go, so I often end up tossing a short Lightning cable in my bag anyway. Will be nice to have USB-C eventually and not worry about that (but I intend to drag this iPhone mini out for a good 5 years). https://satechi.net/products/quatro-wireless-power-bank https://satechi.net/products/quatro-wireless-power-bank

quitit 3y ago

Don't forget you can now plug your airpods into the phone instead of needing a charger.

turndown 3y ago
One of the features of my S10 I ended up loving is the ability to charge my (wirelessly chargeable) headphones via my S10 which can act as a wireless charger
- AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
  The S10 line is long past its feature-updates timeline and may have just received its last security update, so I fear yours and my S10e are soon to be retired. I will greatly miss the SD slot and headphone jack...
  - turndown 3y ago
    Yup! I actually intend to trade mine in for an iPhone 15 now that they finally have USB C.
  - lmm 3y ago
    Sony still have SD slots and headphone jacks in their top-line Xperias, I switched there from Samsung for exactly that reason.
  - terribleperson 3y ago
    Samsung peaked with the S10. I don't know what I'm going to move on to when mine gets too long in the tooth.
  - flipbrad 3y ago
    LineageOS works very well on the S10e
chrisshroba 3y ago
What do you mean? Wouldn't you still need a charger between the phone and the airpods case?

newaccount74 3y ago

And get new iPhones and Airpods for the rest of the family...

teekert 3y ago
I really hope you are kidding. Can't say. Many people are ditching perfectly good tech these days...
- newaccount74 3y ago
  Yes, obviously I was kidding. I'm looking forward to the day when I need to pack only USB-C cables when we go on family vacation, but it's still going to be a couple of years until we replaced the last device with lightning port (especially iPads seem to last forever).

bombcar 3y ago

I've been using mostly wireless charging with my current phones; and watch (you have to there) mainly because the lightning port would usually be the first thing to die. I wonder if they'll sell cases alone for existing AirPods.

Schweigi 3y ago
I keep my iPhones for many years before buying a new one and never had the lighting port die. What happens though is that the port gets dirt inside and stops working. There are tiny brushes (available on Amazon) which solve it and the port starts working again. Nevertheless still good that now only one cable is required - especially since the iPad and iMac use USB-C as-well. Not sure what to do with the AirPods - hopefully the wireless charging directly from iPhone 15 will make it unnecessary to have to carry the cable for the pods.
- JohnBooty 3y ago
  This is my experience as well.

gnicholas 3y ago

If you have AirPods with wireless charging, you can charge them off your iPhone, it sounds like. But I'll be carrying around a USB-A to Lightning cord when I'm traveling anyway, since hotels/airplanes/airports are still on USB-A. EDIT: Looks like I was confused by this brief description, and they were just saying that you can plug the peripherals into the iPhone. NBD.

aidos 3y ago
Wait, what??
- gnicholas 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure I heard them mention that during the iPhone 15 segment. I could be wrong though. EDIT: yep, per Ars Technica, you can now charge your Apple Watch or AirPods off the iPhone 15: https://live.arstechnica.com/apples-september-12-2023-wonderlust-event/ https://live.arstechnica.com/apples-september-12-2023-wonder...
  - pshc 3y ago
    I wonder how much energy is lost when charging wirelessly.
    - porkloin 3y ago
      They don't support wireless charging from phone to airpods. That would be great, and is available on some android devices. This was referring to being able to charge your airpods or watch by plugging them into your phone with a cable.
      - gnicholas 3y ago
        Oh, that's silly. If I had a charge cable with me I'd also have my computer or iPad, which I can use to charge.

kaba0 3y ago

Because it is so hard to charge them like every 5 days or more at home where you have a litany of cables laying around..

scarface_74 3y ago

I carry these around. They are standard USB cables with USB A and USB C on one end and USB C and Lightning on the other end. https://a.co/d/fxsaZ58 https://a.co/d/fxsaZ58

meowtimemania 3y ago

Maybe you could just get a new airpods usb c case?

dang 3y ago

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37485328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37485328. (There's nothing wrong with it - I'm just trying to prune the top-heavy thread)