2023-08-31 18:38:52
On October 4, 2022, the European Parliament approved the imposition of the Universal charger in all countries of the European Union (UE)with the aim of generating less waste and that users do not have to accumulate more cables than necessary at home.
He model chosen to be the sole charger is the USB Type-Cwhich is what most ‘smartphones’ already used, except in the case of iPhone de Apple. The company was, therefore, one of the main detractors of the measure, as it was the most affected by it.
However, before this law there are no possible subterfuges, and Apple has had no choice but to give in and submit to it, despite the fact that the EU has given a deadline until autumn 2024.
new phones
Most Apple products (equipment and accessories) come with a Lightning port. But, as the company already announced when the law was approved, the new iPhone phones that went on sale would already incorporate the new charger and not its own, as was already the case with some model of iPad and Macthat they already had USB-C. And so it has been: next day 12 Apple presents the new iPhone, the 15, and one of the novelties that it incorporates with respect to the iPhone 14 is precisely that: that it has the USB-C charger.
In addition, some analysts then argued that Apple would be working on an adapter that can be used with accessories that still have the ‘Lightning’ port, since there will be a couple of years in which both ports will coexist on the tech company’s products as the supply of accessories increases with the new port.
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