Submitted 8 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to technology@lemmy.world
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/08/iphone-15-buyers-chargers/
Leaker yeux1122 says that Apple Store staff have been told to make sure iPhone 15 buyers know about the change...
I don’t get it, current charger is usbc out. The current charging cable is usbc to lighting. Why won’t the included cable work with the old charger? New cable should be just usbc male on both ends. What am I missing?
The new cable, that is included in the box, is C to C, both male, so there is literally no issue. Apple is just butthurt that they had to ditch lightning.
And probably they want to redirect the anger of iPhone buyers from them to the EU.
And 9to5 mac is butthurt too? Like… I still have two iPod classic cables and they are not going to the landfill. They will replace the one I use when it breaks. Same will happen for these, you will give them along to whoever still has a lighting jack until they break.
They are so butthurt they said they will be limiting data transfer speeds to usb 2.0 because they want people to use their stupid icloud subscription
Apple is trying to claim it’s the fault of regulators that usb-c to lightning cables will be useless e-waste despite being the wankers that chose to use lightning instead of usb-c in the first place.
Lightning predates USB C by like two years
It’s good that regulators put a stop to Apple producing even more proprietary BS cables then.
All my bricks are still USB-A because they don’t break, so if I were to come home with a C to C cable, I’d be out of luck.
But it’s just a sales tactic, people are acting like Apple is trying to start an uprising against the EU or something
The chargers are fine, but the old cables are now much less useful. The only thing left (I think?) that uses lightning are AirPods.
AirPods, Mighty Mouse, Magic Trackpad.
That’s going to be me after the iPhone 15 comes out. I’ve been needing to upgrade for a while now, but have been waiting until the 15 comes out so I can switch over to usb-c. The only one left after that will be my AirPods.
I still have friends who still have iPhone XR, XS etc and those came with USB A bricks. And any time I buy some cheap gadget with a USB-C port it just comes with a USB-A to C cable. So I can see lots of people still out there with only USB A chargers.
Or leave Apple Store staff alone because they had nothing to do with any of that?
Maybe they should talk to their employers about being forced to act like corporate mouthpieces.
Or lightning was available first before usbc, and apple went with that and just has been stubborn to change.
Looks like lightning in 2012 and usbc in 2014.
Apple developed lightning. It had the same transfer rate as USB 2.0 which had been out for over a decade. It wasn’t about being “stubborn”, it was about being proprietary.
Apple helped develop USB-C too as they are members of the consortium. No (non-self-serving) reason why they couldn’t have delayed the swap an additional year or two back then.
“Landfill” Wouldn’t it be best if you donate a cable or something if its in a good enough condition?
Better than just tossing it out, especially if some people don’t upgrade every single release and would still like a cable.
You mean the “re-use” part of reduce, re-use, recycle? Well no it’s not profitable you see
Not from Apple's point of view. They want you to buy their latest and greatest, not some used device. They just tolerate that market to push adoption.
those are getting changed to usb c as well
If you buy new AirPods or a new AirPods case
MagSafe Charging. I haven’t used my phone or air pods plugs in months (except for my car that still needs wired CarPlay)
What’s that Apple?
Bark bark bark
You pushed USBC down the well?
Previous iphone models are not gonna disappear over night, and there are hundreds of millions of them out there. People are still using iphone 6 and 7 till this day. Lightning cables and accessories are still gonna be made and sold for years to come.
Right? All my old phones go to my wife, and her old phones go to the in-laws, etc etc. The cables can be handed over along with the phone.
I’ll probably buy one or two of the lightning usb-c adapters to use for a while to allow charging when travelling without extra cables.
Staff will advise them that the box includes a USB-C to USB-C cable, but not a charging brick, so they may need to buy one …
Wow big if true.
They stopped including a charger a few iPhones ago. At least they can just buy USB C to A cables if they have USB A chargers, and those cables are going to be cheap, unlike apples cables.
I was being sarcastic. Apple reminds customers old power bricks nay not work with new cables is kind of a non story.
vacuumfountain@startrek.website 8 months ago
Apple doesn’t tell its store employees SHIT. We were on MacRumors and streaming the keynotes so we wouldn’t be blindsided. I really doubt they were told this.