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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by sleepybrett on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @12:15PM (#37498661)
The design of the lightning plug is vastly superior to their other choices at the time, namely the 30pin dock connector they had been using and the only other obvious choice micro usb B, micro usb b is the most cursed connector in recent memory. It's fragile as fuck, I don't know how many of those fucking plugs I've replaced for friends in devices of all kinds.

The lightning plug design on the other hand is as close to bulletproof as you can get for the size and number of connections. The only time someone has ever come to me with a problem with a lightning connector it's been quickly resolved by taking out some very fine tweezers and pulling a bit of lint or dirt out of the female connector.

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by lazide on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @02:34PM (#37499991)
If they’d swapped it out, oh I don’t know, 5 years ago. Or not required the EU stomp on them to switch, I’d be right there with you.

Same with if they had modern speeds on their non-Pro models.

They’re just being dicks now though.

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by sleepybrett on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:03PM (#37500367)
They really aren't. It's very typical that the next gen 'normal' model is more or less the last gen pro.
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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by lazide on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:17PM (#37500520)
That the last gen pro didn’t have USB-C at this point is ridiculous. That’s part of my point.

The other part is that when they went through the design work to put USB-C in (per the legal mandate), they didn’t spend the extra 2c to put a USB3.x or whatever host controller in. Because it would likely have cost them less than 2c to do it.

They didn’t just swap a plug and call it good in a rush, they made multiple new models, that they are selling as improvements and they segmented it so that the $800 model has speeds from prior ancient tech.

That’s being a dick. On top of the ‘being a dick’ of continuing to use their proprietary connector 5+ generations after it stopped being relevant.

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by sleepybrett on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:14PM (#37504139)
guess you can skip over to android where you can live with limited os upgrades and janky pack in software, like buying a random pc laptop at bestbuy.
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