Which beats are microUSB that are still being sold? I thought they moved over to Lightning and USB-C
Re:Apple MagSafe Battery Pack
by floatingatoll on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @12:53AM
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Studio3 Wireless ($349), for example, but I didn’t look for anymore since I have that one handy in memory. I only included that comment to fend off nitpickers and having a single example is sufficient. Still. Which Beats moved over to USB-C? It doesn’t sound like Apple connector rules apply reliably to Beats, which makes sense given their Android-compatibility market target.
Beats have some exceptions for microUSB instead of Lightning.
The iPad is handheld and Lightning. The iPad Pro is not and is USB-C. Yes, you can handhold an iPad Pro, but it’s not designed/targeted for that use case, as the USB-C port indicates.
This battery pack is Lightning because it’s a handheld device and it’s an accessory exclusively for handheld devices. While that may be a disappointment, at least the evidence to date is clear that there’s no point holding out for otherwise: they have never released a handheld USB-C device and are unlikely to here either.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this comes up every time Apple releases a Lightning accessory and people continue not to realize this strategy is in play. I don’t know if it’s a good strategy or not, but duly noted all the same.
(ps. Apple Watch is not a handheld device, and so of course it’s doesn’t have a Lightning port :)