Apple is rumored to be engaged on an iPhone with USB-C this yr, however inventive customers have taken issues into their very own arms and created their very own USB-C-equipped iPhones. The most recent of such mods is by an engineer who created an iPhone with each a USB-C port and a Lightning port facet by facet.
The iPhone mod comes from an engineer on YouTube. Utilizing an iPhone 12 mini (although presumably, any iPhone would work), the engineer added one other port to the iPhone. Which means that not solely is that this modded iPhone able to utilizing the trendy USB-C customary, however it may well additionally do one thing so simple as listening to music by means of wired headphones whereas charging. Apple’s iPhones are able to enjoying music by means of the Lightning port, so any mixture of USB-C and Lightning-wired headphones or charger would work.
Apple had prevented placing USB-C on its iPhones for years regardless of transitioning its MacBooks and iPad Professional lineup to USB-C slowly. Now, each Macbook or iPad you should purchase comes full with a USB-C port, with the iPhone being the one holdout.
That’s set to alter shortly. The EU compelled its hand and issued an ultimatum. If Apple (or some other firm) intends to proceed promoting telephones in Europe, it wants a USB-C port. With that, the argument was over.
On the similar time, it’s not clear if Apple’s USB-C transfer would make its iPhones interoperable with Android telephones. In keeping with one report, Apple presently plans on limiting iPhones with USB-C to charging with made-for-iPhone licensed cables solely. Doubtlessly, you can cost your Android telephone together with your iPhone cable, not not the opposite approach round, if this report pans out.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo additionally says that the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will assist slower switch speeds with USB-C in comparison with the iPhone 15 Professional fashions. Perhaps this modded iPhone with two ports might finally show much less complicated when all is claimed and performed.
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