Comment on The future of mobile devices?
foggy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Apple is making moves in this direction. I certainly hope not as the Bluetooth thing is a legitimate concern. It’s probably a matter of months until the next Bluetooth vuln.
We’ll see. The rumors have been around… But Europe just required that they add a USB-C charging port to all devices. They can’t afford to ignore the mandates of the EU.
I don’t think they’ll get a pass for not having any port at all: the EU is the last remaining regulator.
The EU does not require a charging port, it only says that if you have a charging port it must be USB-C.
By the end of 2024, all mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold in the EU will have to be equipped with a USB Type-C charging port.
Source: Official EU Parliament News
Idk seems like the port is a requirement.
Nope.
Look at the actual directive , not some press release. Note that this is an older directive, but the common charger directive only describes the changes that need to be made to the earlier directive. The first link is to the latest updated version of that directive.
I quote (emphasis mine):
In so far as they are capable of being recharged by means of wired charging, the categories or classes of radio equipment referred to in point 1 of this Part shall:
2.1. be equipped with the USB Type-C receptacle, as described in the standard (…)
2.2. be capable of being charged with cables which comply with the standard (…)
At the moment the directive does not prescribe a universal standard for wireless charging, but does reserve the right to do so in the future. (At the moment it doesn’t seen necessary as everyone seems to be adopting QI)
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Apple will change it first, and Samsung and Google will make fun of them for it and promote how they still let you plug your phone in. Until next year’s model when they do the same thing.
BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Apple will develop their own proprietary Bluetooth version first. iWave or some shit like that
Plopp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’ll clone the Bluetooth standard, and change a couple of minor things only to make it incompatible with Bluetooth. Like they did with the wired headphone playback controls.