It’s now anticipated that the iPhone 15 fashions will embrace USB-C for the primary time subsequent yr after the EU enacted a regulation requiring Apple to transition to USB-C by 2024. In response to Apple Analyst Ming Chi Kuo, the brand new USB-C port may even improve the information switch speeds on the iPhone 15 Professional.
The prediction was made by Kuo in a sequence of tweets on Wednesday, and he claims the information comes from his “newest research.” The “15 Professional & 15 Professional Max will help no less than USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3,” he particularly said. “In response to my most up-to-date survey, all new iPhones launched within the second half of this yr will change from Lightning to USB-C. Solely two high-end fashions, the 15 Professional and 15 Professional Max, will proceed to help wired high-speed switch, whereas the 2 commonplace fashions, the 15 and 15 Plus, proceed to help USB 2.0, identical to Lightning”.
Kuo has lengthy stated that the 2023 crop of iPhones will embrace USB-C; in Might, he speculated that the change in port “might enhance iPhone’s switch and charging pace,” however now it looks as if he has extra particulars on that and the way Apple will use it to section its units.
The discharge of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional lineups is anticipated for the second half of 2023.