• @Phrodo_00
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    1510 months ago

    Lightning’s data transfer and charging are subpar, although I’m not sure if Apple is implementing PD fast charging on the new iPhone either.

    • @HRDS_654
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      910 months ago

      They are not, unless you get the pro as far as I have seen/heard. The regular iPhone is artificially limited to USB 2.0 speeds.

      • Zoolander
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        1010 months ago

        It is not artificially limited. It’s using the board from last year’s Pro model. It doesn’t have a USB3 interface.

      • @chiliedogg
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        810 months ago

        The Pro still doesn’t have PD charging.

        When they go portless (I’m guessing next year or 2) they don’t want people bitching that the charging is slower, so they’re not going to support wired charging that’s faster than wireless.

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          The same law that forces standardised cable by the EU also forces Apple to not go portless, since it needs a standardised port on the device that can be used to charge.

      • @clutchmatic
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        210 months ago

        This is to force users to use cloud solutions and lock users in the apple ecosystem

    • Wugmeister
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      410 months ago

      I didnt say it was great, I said it was good enough for a very long time. And in all honesty i think its data transfer speeds were always subpar.

      My personal pet theory is that it was designed the way it was in order to make a cost-cutting measure look fancy and luxurious.