Some time ago, on WWDC2022, the official website of Apple launched a 35W charger with USB-C interface, which caused a lot of heated discussion.
However, what is hotly discussed is not the product, but the hot discussion about its price of 399 yuan. After all, there are many chargers with higher power and lower prices than it.
But then again, this charger releases a message.
That is the next iPhone14 charging power may be around 35W.
Although this speed is enough to make the majority of iPhone users happy, compared with domestic mobile phones, it can only be said that they can't even see the tail lights of other people's cars. Oh no, it's because they don't even have the chance to suck the tail exhaust. The charging limit of the
Lightning interface is about 35W. According to reports from multiple sources, the iPhone14 still uses the Lightning interface. You see, it is just right~
, but you like to make a big deal, and everyone is not accustomed to it. Last week, EU officially reached an agreement to use USB-C charging port as a mandatory standard starting from 2024. In the past two days, there have been proposals from the U.S. Senate calling on the U.S. Department of Commerce to adopt a similar policy to address the "lack of interoperability standards for charging and other device accessories."
The world is bitter Lightning It has been a long time since 2010
In fact, as early as 2010, the European Union Internal Market and Consumer Commission (IMCO) passed a legislative resolution aimed at unifying mobile phone chargers and ending cable chaos.
However, this resolution is not written into the law and there is no mandatory statement. Apple also only guaranteed that the packaging will be equipped with a Micro-USB to Lightning adapter, which is a compromise to this provision.
However, everyone knows that the EU has indeed made up its mind to end the chaotic data cable market. Negotiators from the European Parliament and 27 EU member states agreed that mobile phones and other electronic devices in the EU region will adopt standardized charging devices from 2024. The statement released by
clearly stated: "By the fall of 2024, USB Type-Ch will become a universal charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU."
This means that products such as iPhone, iPad must support the Type-C interface before they can enter the European market for sale.
Of course, everyone cannot be too happy too early.
Because Apple, an old fried dough stick, may adopt a dual-wire parallel strategy, launching an iPhone with USB-C interface in the EU area, and still supplying Lightning interface in other areas.
So, this time, the US Senator hustled "the US Department of Commerce follows Europe's approach." This can make this matter more reliable and more effective to speed up progress.
The U.S. Senate also said directly: proprietary chargers like Apple 's Lightning port cause unnecessary electronic waste and put financial burden on consumers who upgrade equipment or have multiple devices from different manufacturers.
is translated as: Your Apple is not for environmental protection at all, but for making money.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that relevant departments in my country are also actively promoting the unified interface standards. At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a document stating that continuing to promote the formulation of national standards for charging interfaces and promoting the integration and unity of charging interfaces and technologies will help reduce electronic waste and improve resource utilization efficiency.
Lightning It should have been eliminated
Fox friends who are familiar with Apple must know that Apple is unwilling to replace Lightning. The core reason is that this will affect the MFI accessories system that Apple has been operating for many years.
After all, the current production of third-party accessories that connect to iOS devices is inseparable from MFi's certification and authorization, and Apple will charge authorized manufacturers specific fees to ensure the safety and quality of accessories.
In this model, Apple can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year. More importantly, the issue of control of the Lightning interface is equivalent to Apple being able to control the data and information access to its own mobile devices such as iPhones.
However, if the speed of the Lightning interface is done, everyone will turn a blind eye, but the most important speed cannot be supported. This thing is really too bad to put in 2022.
first has the transmission rate, which is about 25MB-35MB/s, which is as slow as turtle speed, which is comparable to the Xiaomi html's 20,000-year USB2.0 interface.
is the charging power. As mentioned earlier, it is only about 35W, and it may not be the peak speed throughout the whole process. Friends with iPads with Lightning interface know that it often takes about 4 hours to fill it. .
and the Type-C interface simply lifts the Lightning interface, with a maximum bandwidth of 10Gbps in transmission speed; supports up to 100W charging, supports two-way charging; supports 4K resolution video output ; supports fancy external and adaptive functions.
You Lightnin What do you compare with others? Don’t you know that ability, right?
Type-C is the general trend
It can be seen that the unity of Type-C is the general trend. The current situation of Apple is that it has to be fired on the string. If you don’t go to Type-C, it will cause public outrage from users around the world. If
is fast, Apple will bring a USB-C interface to the iPhone 15, and if it is slow, it will be the iPhone 16.
No matter what, Lightning, a standard agreement that has been in service for more than ten years, will almost withdraw from the stage of history, but Apple will not lose anything. After all, the money it should make is also made. At that time, USB-C can continue to be a major upgrade selling point, and it is worthy of being the most profitable company in the world.
has ended here, Guozi still quoted a sentence in the previous article: No one is the eternal king. If Apple still insists on doing its own thing, it will definitely bring down the wall and push everyone. I hope Apple can do it itself.
Reference:
IT Home: The United States promotes the unification of chargers, USB-C iPhone is expected to become a mandatory standard
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