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Apple to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Cables to USB 2.0 Speeds: Report::undefined

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[–] notatoad@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

nothing about using a USB-C cable inherently means it has to support USB3.

framing it as "limits it to USB 3 Speeds" is misleading. iPhone has only ever supported USB 2, all they're doing here is continuing to not upgrade to USB 3. the meeting where somebody proposed it went like this:

hey, should we put a USB 3 chip in the new iPhone?
nah, let's just keep using the same one as the last generation

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why pay for a better component when the sheep will gladly pay inflated prices for the same old crap?

[–] macintosh@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How many people do you honestly think transfer data by cable? I haven't done it in years, and I have friends with iphones that don't even own a computer!

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It ruins displayport alternative mode

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

USB 3 is significantly faster than wifi so I frequently use it for larger file transfers. But I guess with iphone's crippled filesystem you would never have reason to transfer anything.