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Re:MacBook Pro by organsnyder on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:10PM (#12808612)
> There seems to be some discontinuity between the Macbook and iPhone lines.

I'm amused that I'll be able to charge my Nexus 6P with my Macbook Pro charger (unless Apple really screws something up), but my colleague won't be able to charge his iPhone.

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Re:MacBook Pro by Casseres on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:23PM (#12808787)
Real courage would be to admit that USB-C is better than Lightening, and to switch their new iPhones to USB-C.
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Re:MacBook Pro by AtheistOfFail on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:49PM (#12809130)
But you can't charge licensing fees on that.

The issue is that Apple is making you a third party customer while they rake in cash from selling a non-standard connector.

Reminds me of Firewire, it should die quickly.

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Re:MacBook Pro by clintonb on Thursday October 27, 2016 @05:04PM (#12810122)
FireWire had higher bandwidth than USB 1.0/1.1. USB 2.0 had higher bandwidth (480 Mbps) in bursts. FireWire (due to the dedicated hardware) could sustain 400 Mbps transfers. The use of FireWire on the first iPods and DV cameras was a good choice.
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