From 2025, Apple's iPhone and all Android smartphones sold in Saudi Arabia will have to have a USB-C charging port, with laptops to follow in 2026.

Saudi Arabia passes law requiring USB-C charges for smartphones::From 2025, Apple’s iPhone and all Android smartphones sold in Saudi Arabia will have to have a USB-C charging port, with laptops to follow in 2026.

  • @[email protected]English
    14•1 year ago

    it’s going to suck when the next, better standard comes along and the are all these laws preventing phones from adopting it

    this argument keeps being trotted out.

    1. Standards can change.

    2. The USB-C protocol allows for future improvements. The spec allows for charging at capacities far higher than exist today, and the connection type so far supports USB3.0, 3.1, 3.2, USB4 and even the unfortunately-named USB4v2.0. The USB-C connection type will still be around for USB5.3v2max SuperSpeed or whatever it’s called in 2030.

    • @[email protected]English
      -7•1 year ago

      Governments move really, really slow. How long has USB-C been out? Many years it seems and now it’s being mandated? In my view USB-C is old tech. I like it, don’t get me wrong, but it’s old old.

      If you go to any government organization except maybe parts of the military, you’ll find that their tech is outdated and running legacy shit because they have to go through piles of paperwork to change anything.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        In my view USB-C is old tech. I like it, don’t get me wrong, but it’s old old.

        As long as it works for the next few decades, this isn’t anything to worry about.