The new iPhones, slated to drop on Sept. 22, feature never-before-seen color-infused glass — an “industry first” — and new charging ports.

Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’::Smart phone fans are griping about Apple’s new devices since the arguably anti-climactic announcement of the forthcoming iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus on Tuesday.

  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    Coincidentally, USB C. Just not on their mobile devices.

    They were some of the first to ship a laptop with USB C, and they went balls out.

    • MrSpArkle@lemmy.caEnglish
      924·
      10 months ago

      No coincidence, Apple helped design USB-C. They have been slowly transitioning for years but everyone thinks the EU “made” them switch.

      • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        192·
        10 months ago

        USBC has been around for years now, so why not make the switch before they’re legally required to, if not to keep users on proprietary cables for just a little longer?

        • MrSpArkle@lemmy.caEnglish
          62·
          10 months ago

          USC-C spec was finalized about two years after they made the switch to Lightning. The first smartphone with USB-C came 6 months after that finalization. Apple wanted to get rid the 30 pin and felt the uncertainty around USB-C timeline was too high, so they rolled their own.

          If they switched to USB-C for phones just 2-3 years after Lightning it would’ve been a terrible experience for iPhone users.

          • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            10 months ago

            I remember the outrage around moving to lightning. Doing it again so soon after for a connector that’s (slightly) more fragile and provided no real benefit would have seriously hurt sales.

            • June@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              10 months ago

              i just had a memory show up in my facebook timeline with a comparison of the number of ports Apple had used on the iPhone and how many Samsung had used. samsung had used something like a dozen in the same timeframe of about 5 years but everyone was pissed that the 30 pin was going away. and on top of that, lightning was introduced as ‘a port for a decade’ which, incidentally, it’s been in use for… 10 years.