Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max

Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by gruturo on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:15PM (#37487525)

The "Explore Connectivity" modal window you can open in the "Gigablast your gigabits" (meh) section, as I quoted in my original post, has this block of text:

USB‑Convenient.

Now you can connect USB‑C gear like thumb drives, fast external storage, 4K displays, and microphones. And you can charge Apple Watch or AirPods from your iPhone.9

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Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by NavinF on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @08:04PM (#37490401)

I must have landed on the wrong side of an AB test because that text doesn't show up for me on the "Explore Connectivity" modal window. I checked with both Chrome/Windows and iOS.

Anyway I really hope that text refers to DP alt mode, not displaylink. Any USB port works with displaylink chips as long as the OS has the driver

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Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by zamadatix on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @09:33PM (#37491095)

It seems to support normal DP output (from the "tech specs" page https://www.apple.com/iphone-15-pro/specs/):

> Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 4K HDR through native DisplayPort output over USB-C or USB-C Digital AV Adapter

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Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max by NavinF on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @11:19PM (#37491808)

Thanks, that confirms it. I wonder if they have separate DP and USB PHYs and an external mux chip.

Also TIL iPhone SoCs are used in Apple TVs. Apparently they use a MCDP2920A4 DisplayPort 1.4 to HDMI 2.0 converter for that: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+TV+4K+2021+Teardown/14...

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