dataworm

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1. 31.▲
   by dataworm 3y ago

   It would be expensive to make a whole new SoC, but a PCIe USB controller costs very little compared to the price of the phone. They could have used a 5 Gb/s USB controller for market segmentation, it would still be 10 times faster.
2. 32.▲
   by dataworm 3y ago

   There is no separate USB3 host controller on the M1, it has a dual-role device USB 3.1 controller which supports up to 10 Gb/s and can act both in host and device modes. The 40 Gb/s speed on the iPad Pro comes from the Thunderbolt
3. 33.▲
   by dataworm 3y ago

   The 4th gen iPad Air uses an A14 and also has USB 3 support. So Apple is using a PCIe USB 3.0 controller for USB 3.0 iPads. They could've easily done that on the iPhone 15, so it's market segmentation.
4. 34.▲
   by dataworm 3y ago

   The power button on it is located on top, and it doesn't have a headphone jack either.
5. 35.▲
   by dataworm 3y ago

   Voting is not revolution and not enough to fix this broken system.