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June 8, 2022 05:45 pm

What the EUs new USB-C rules mean for the iPhone





Last year’s iPhone 13. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge



This week, European Union lawmakers agreed on new proposals to force manufacturers of everything from smartphones and headphones to digital cameras and tablets to use the same universal charging port: USB Type-C. The plan is for the new rules to come into effect by fall 2024, after which these devices that charge using a wired cable will need to do so via a built-in USB-C port.


The single biggest impact of this legislation is likely to land on Apple’s iPhone. While the rest of the smartphone industry has gradually converged around USB-C as a single, standardized wired charging port, Apple has steadfastly stuck with Lightning, the proprietary connector it introduced with the iPhone 5 way back in 2012. The EU’s legislation could finally...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/8/23159686/iphone-usbc-european-union-harmonized-charger-legislation-ewaste

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