So long, Lightning port! The 2023 iPhone looks set to offer USB-C

- After a decade of together with a Lightning port on all iPhone units, Apple is reportedly contemplating dropping it for a USB-C port.

Bloomberg has claimed the Cupertino-based firm is now testing iPhone items that swap the Lightning port for USB-C. However do not count on to see the change on this yr’s iPhone lineup. The transfer to USB-C  probably will not occur till 2023 "on the earliest", Bloomberg's Mark Gurman stated.

Be mindful Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo - who's well-known for precisely predicting Apple's product roadmap - additionally just lately recommended Apple would ditch the Lightning port in favour of USB-C within the second half of 2023.

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My newest survey signifies that 2H23 new iPhone will abandon Lightning port and change to USB-C port. USB-C may enhance iPhone's switch and charging velocity in hardware designs, however the last spec particulars nonetheless depend upon iOS help.

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) Could 11, 2022

The 2023 iPhone will not be the primary Apple machine to return with USB-C. Apple already provides it on the iPad Professional, iPad Air, and iPad Mini as a result of USB-C is able to quicker switch speeds.

So, why did Apple wait so lengthy to contemplate bringing USB-C to the iPhone, particularly as a result of it has been years because the know-how turned fashionable? Effectively, Gurman pointed to a European Union proposal that may require many units, together with telephones, to have USB-C. Gurman particularly stated this laws was "a key cause" for Apple's change to USB-C.

Oh, and keep in mind that portless iPhone Apple supposedly started creating? Bloomberg's report made it seem to be that is not going to be a factor anytime quickly.