Apple is prepared for the ban on the launch of devices with a port Lightning in the EU from the end of 2024. According to Mark Gurman, an analyst at ‘Bloomberg’, the iPhone company plans to adopt the port USB-C in your next accessories as an intermediate step before the arrival of wireless charging to all your devices.
The new European regulation, which requires the inclusion of USB-C charging in all devices that reach stores within two years, motivates the company to be forced to give up its own charging standard, Lightning, nearly a decade after its implementation.
Gurman believes that the arrival of USB-C to Airpods and all iPads will be an intermediate step before opting for wireless charging in the future. The analyst suggests that this movement is due to the exception provided by the European Union, by which certain items (including accessories such as ‘smartwatches’) would be exempt from introducing this type of port.
“I would bet that inductive charging and Apple’s wireless future are an effective solution,” said the analyst, who recalled the failed attempt at the AirPower wireless charging device. This solution was introduced by Apple in 2017, it allowed users to place up to three devices on this wireless charging base as a power source, without having to put them in specific locations.
The iPhone 15, the first with USB-C
Despite the fact that, effectively, until the end of 2024 Apple can continue to launch the devices it wants on the European market even if they do not incorporate a USB-C port, everything indicates that the company will embrace the new charging standard, within the smartphone market, with the iPhone 15. At least, that is what several well-known leakers and analysts have been pointing out for months. It would be the first mobile ever marketed by Apple to be compatible with this type of charge.
Be that as it may, according to the information from ‘Bloomberg’, users who own several Apple devices will be able to stop storing several different chargers for their devices. It should be remembered that while the current iPhone and AirPods are compatible with Lightning, some recent iPads have USB-C, while the Apple Watchthe firm’s clocks, are loaded with that sort of probe called MagSafe.