From Apple’s latest quarterly earnings report, everyone has seen that the iPhone is still a source of revenue, but the rapid development of accessories profits has been ignored. Although it does not earn as much as the iPhone, it is conducive to occupying a leading position in the industry. In terms of charging, a large number of Apple devices have been using the Lighting interface for many years, and Apple has made a lot of money, but users have to spend more money because of this. Over the years, the call for Apple to change the Type-c interface has never stopped.
In fact, there was news last year that Apple may change in this regard, because the European Union had been discussing to unify the charging interface standard at the beginning of last year, so everyone thought that iPhone 12 might abandon Lighting and switch to Type. -c, but the fact is that nothing has changed, but the latest news points out that the European Union may officially introduce a mandatory measure in September this year, which will lead to the gradual withdrawal of Lighting interface products within the European Union, and C-port products will Full debut.
At present, Apple’s autumn conference will be held in less than a month, and related products have already begun mass production, and it is impossible to make any changes, which means that even if the new EU regulations are in September If it can be implemented, the iPhone 13 series models will not be affected, but this is also Apple's last struggle. The new iPhone will definitely not escape next year.
Because once the new regulations are implemented, the 27 EU member states will implement them uniformly. Products sold in the member states must meet the requirements of the new regulations. No matter how unwilling Apple is, there is no room for resistance. Dissatisfied with a measure to withdraw from the market, besides, this is not a core interest, Apple can only implement it out of nothing.
If things really get to that point, for third-party accessory manufacturers, there are also a few happy and sad, Apple accessory manufacturers are naturally unwilling.Because the rule changes, it means that a large number of Android accessory manufacturers will join in, and their interests will naturally be damaged. Moreover, when there are more competing manufacturers, the original high-priced accessories will no longer have any advantages, but the Android accessory manufacturers will have to laugh. Type-c is a universal interface. If you can enter the Apple camp, don't you just wait to count the money.
From the user’s point of view, it is definitely welcome. A single cable can charge more devices, and the C port is also more conducive to increasing the charging power. Maybe it is in the Apple port, and it may even be advertised as The selling point of the new machine next year, maybe even the data cable will not be delivered by that time, why? Because you can use the Android line.
In fact, Apple has already tried to change the C port. For example, iPad Pro is already C port.
Actually, the backward design of the Lighting interface should have been withdrawn long ago. Everyone, what do you think?
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