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Leaker yeux1122 says that Apple Store staff have been told to make sure iPhone 15 buyers know about the change...

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[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If theyre in the apple ecosystem, they already have apple products that charge with USB-C.

not an apple user myself, by my cousin is stoked he doesnt have to carry extra cables to charge his phone as he already carries his Macbook charger with him. Doesnt apply to magsafe ones for obvious reasons

[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The magsafe ones still use USB-C on the charger side, and you are not required to use the magsafe cable, so honestly just bringing the charger and a C-to-C cable will charge both the phone and the laptop.

[-] aard@kyu.de 5 points 1 year ago

How do people even use the magsafe cables? Not a mac user, but I initially liked the idea - so I got some cables and port inserts which pretty much look like the apple variant. I stopped using it after killing a charger by shorting it out with some metal particles trapped by the magnet, and noticing that all cables started collecting small metal particles when used outside of a sterile environment.

[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My current laptop has a MagSafe, and I had laptops from before they had switched to usb c charging and I have never had that problem.

Do you work in a metal shop?

[-] aard@kyu.de 4 points 1 year ago

Do you work in a metal shop?

Not that I'm aware of.

[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure, I can only reply anecdotally that I have used Apple laptops with mag safe connectors for many years and never had a problem with metal getting stuck in there and shorting stuff out.

I think I remember a post from a few years back where someone was having problems charging and found a used staple stuck in there, but I don't think it has been a wide spread problem.

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[-] vacuumfountain@startrek.website 47 points 1 year ago

Apple doesn’t tell its store employees SHIT. We were on MacRumors and streaming the keynotes so we wouldn’t be blindsided. I really doubt they were told this.

[-] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

I don’t get it, current charger is usbc out. The current charging cable is usbc to lighting. Why won’t the included cable work with the old charger? New cable should be just usbc male on both ends. What am I missing?

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 86 points 1 year ago

The new cable, that is included in the box, is C to C, both male, so there is literally no issue. Apple is just butthurt that they had to ditch lightning.

And probably they want to redirect the anger of iPhone buyers from them to the EU.

[-] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

And 9to5 mac is butthurt too? Like… I still have two iPod classic cables and they are not going to the landfill. They will replace the one I use when it breaks. Same will happen for these, you will give them along to whoever still has a lighting jack until they break.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

They are just reporting what Apple says.

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[-] Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago

9to5mac spews the same garbage Apple puts out in my experience.

[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

They are so butthurt they said they will be limiting data transfer speeds to usb 2.0 because they want people to use their stupid icloud subscription

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[-] Cabrio@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

Apple is trying to claim it's the fault of regulators that usb-c to lightning cables will be useless e-waste despite being the wankers that chose to use lightning instead of usb-c in the first place.

[-] anteaters@feddit.de 26 points 1 year ago

It's good that regulators put a stop to Apple producing even more proprietary BS cables then.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Lightning predates USB C by like two years

[-] Cabrio@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

But not USB as a standard it doesn't. They still chose proprietary over standard because wankers.

[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Micro usb fucking sucked. Being a standard doesn’t mean shit when the standard is shit.

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[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I was a bit skeptical of your statement, because it FELT like they came out at the same time; but you are completely correct. The iPhone 5 with lightning was released Sep 2012, and the USB-C standard was published in Aug 2014. Almost exactly 2 years later. The first smartphone with USB-C didn't come out until a full year later, though. So lightning was more like 3 years ahead in the phone world.

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[-] Dracocide@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

"Landfill" Wouldn't it be best if you donate a cable or something if its in a good enough condition?

Better than just tossing it out, especially if some people don't upgrade every single release and would still like a cable.

[-] mikeboltonshair@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Ya that’s dumb asf, especially if it’s just to charge the phone which the majority of people only need it for that.

Problem solved, I have usb c to lightning adaptor too anyone needs to borrow my cable to charge I can use it and so can they

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[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 12 points 1 year ago

Previous iphone models are not gonna disappear over night, and there are hundreds of millions of them out there. People are still using iphone 6 and 7 till this day. Lightning cables and accessories are still gonna be made and sold for years to come.

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[-] revs@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

I’ll probably buy one or two of the lightning usb-c adapters to use for a while to allow charging when travelling without extra cables.

[-] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

What's that Apple?

Bark bark bark

You pushed USBC down the well?

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