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EU sets official deadline for when iPhones must switch to USB-C charging ports

Sun 11 Dec 2022    
EcoBalance
| 2 min read

World: Apple has finally been given a deadline to change all of their lightening charging ports to USB-C.

The company is being forced by the EU Parliament to switch their iPhone models, which currently requires lightening ports to use USB-C charging ports.

To the point that they want all of their portable devices, including tablets and laptops, to use USB-C in Europe.

Also, read – Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast with a speed of 89 Gbps

At the moment, MacBooks and the new iPad range already use USB-C, so it’s just the iPhones that will need changing.

However, Apple executive Greg Joswiak sounded reluctant to follow the new laws as earlier this year, he said that the company had ‘no choice’ but to follow EU regulation.

“Obviously we’ll have to comply, we have no choice,” he said at a technology conference in California.

The EU parliament say they want to reduce ‘hassle for consumers,’ as well as ‘curbing e-waste’.

They have until December 28, 2024 to switch to USB-C.

Apple AirPods (3rd Gen) also have a lightning port for charging, so you’d expect them to get changed over too.

Laptops have been given an extended deadline of 28 April 2026, however, as mentioned, this won’t be a problem for Apple.

About Apple

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue and, as of June 2022, is the world’s biggest company by market capitalization, the fourth-largest personal computer vendor by unit sales and the second-largest mobile phone manufacturer. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft.

Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976, by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne to develop and sell Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. in 1977 and the company’s next computer, the Apple II, became a best seller and one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. Apple went public in 1980 with instant financial success. The company developed computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, including the 1984 original Macintosh, announced that year in a critically acclaimed advertisement. By 1985, the high cost of its products and power struggles between executives caused problems. Wozniak stepped back from Apple amicably and pursued other ventures, while Jobs resigned bitterly and founded NeXT, taking some Apple employees with him.

Source: Agencies Apple USB C Cable deadline Apple USB C Cable deadline


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