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Re:EU: Call to introduce common charger for all mobile phones by simongray on Monday January 13, 2020 @07:39AM (#22033889)
Apple has abandoned wireless charging for now (its unreleased AirPower product).

But even Apple has started using USB-C ports to charge their laptops and tablets now, so maybe it's not too farfetched to think that a future iPhone could also migrate to USB-C? Pretty sure the only reason lightning still exists is to maintain compatibility with the existing iPhone hardware ecosystem.

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Re:EU: Call to introduce common charger for all mobile phones by shantly on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:33AM (#22034286)
> But even Apple has started using USB-C ports to charge their laptops and tablets now

“Even”? I still hadn’t seen a usb-c anything in the wild when Apple switched their MacBooks to it and dropped all other ports.

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Re:EU: Call to introduce common charger for all mobile phones by simongray on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:50AM (#22042971)
https://pchiusano.github.io/2014-10-11/defensive-writing.htm...
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