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Because Apple didn't upgrade the old A16 chip with a new usb controller. Only the A17 chip has it. All they did was swap out the connector. For phones with A16
by kayodelycaon 3y ago
Because Apple didn't upgrade the old A16 chip with a new usb controller. Only the A17 chip has it.
All they did was swap out the connector. For phones with A16 chips, the USB-C port is just a differently shaped lightning port.
Apple decided not to make a new processor for an old phone... shock and awe.
- mmastrac 3y ago> Apple decided not to make a new processor for an old phone... shock and awe. I am pretty sure that this is a new phone.
- criddell 3y agoI think they meant to say old processor or old SoC.
- mmastrac 3y agoI'm not sure your read makes sense, but I suspect the most charitable interpretation of their comment would be: "Apple is using the old stock of USB2-only processors for the non-pro phone, and it's common for the non-pro devices to use last-gen processors"
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThat’s what I meant. Oops.
- bcrosby95 3y agoThe iPhone 15 was just announced. It's not an old phone. Yeah, they decided to use and old processor on a new $800 phone that can't support something my $400 phone does. But what can you expect, they're just a poor indie company, we need to lower our expectations of them.
- slipshady 3y ago> old phone Announced yesterday Checks out!
- sschueller 3y agoWhich also means they didn't implement the CC lines on the USB-C connector and just tied them down with 5.1k resistors so that actual USB-C devices provide any power at all.