so many Tech reviewers are currently talking about the iPhone finally coming
with a USB type-c port and how great that's going to be how fast the data
transfers are going to be well I think a lot of them are wrong and personally I
don't even want a USB type-c port on my iPhone even though I use that Port all
the time I think if that happens it's going to be a disappointment and it
might not happen at all and I have multiple reasons to prove that now in
this video I'm going to share what I think Apple will do and the crazy pads
that Apple has for Alternatives that will be a lot better now all this
stemmed from the EU creating new law that iPhones are going to have to ditch
the lightning and go to a standard that is universal now Apple has been moving
to USB type-c across a lot of their devices MacBooks first switched over in
2016 even for charging and then after that we started switching on on the
iPads including the brand new 10 generation one now everybody thought
that that was great because finally the lightning is gone from iPads but from
the very beginning I had a speculation that Apple might not be telling us the
whole truth and I was right as we started testing this new iPad I found
that the transfer speeds were horrific on that iPad now you may be asking what
does this have to do with the future iPhones well this is concrete proof
about what Apple can do and what they're most likely going to do I will explain
this lightning port on the iPhone 14 series including the pro Max is also
still USB 2.0 and if Apple were to give us fast speeds they would have done it
on this phone because not only does it shoot Dolby Vision HDR prores files
which are huge it also shoots 4 48 megapixel Pro raw files that are
insanely detailed and about 75 megabytes compared to about 3 megabytes in your
standard compressed 12 megapixel mode so it would make sense to give it to this
phone but they didn't and to make matters worse and to put salt in our
wounds the iPad Pro in 2015 with a lightning Port ran at USB 3.0 speeds
compared to a 2022 almost 2023 phone that actually needs the better transfer
with those large files and apple still did not do that even with the a16 so
that means that if they do give us USB type c it can still be the same super
slow USB 2.0 and that would be incredibly frustrating now why would
they do that well there are a few reasons when I looked into you how to
transfer these large files and to do the conversions and what Apple wants to do
with it they blatantly advertise you to just use airdrop to send files to your
Mac or to just upgrade your iCloud storage so you can store these super
large files with the link directly to do that that is why Apple limited this port
which in 2015 ran 10 times faster to still have that super slow speed and I
don't think that would change next year because for Apple they make money with
you buying their iCloud storage and with you using airdrop because that means you
have to have a Mac which is why I am stuck in the ecosystem because it is
very convenient so because of that I think it's very naive to think that the
USB type-c port will give us fast data transfers and I don't want a USB type-c
port that is limited now some people want it because they want to have faster
charging and I would like that but once again with this iPad even though it has
a USB type-c port the charging speed is actually limited compared to the iPad
Air even though there's no reason to do that they have the same batteries inside
there but Apple did limit that I want something that is going to be an actual
Improvement instead of what we have now which is severely limited including Max
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magsafe it is so convenient I've made many videos covering the top accessories
including comparisons with different Wireless power Banks but some people say
well you still have to have a data connection but you guys may be wrong
that could all change very soon now there are two things that really
frustrate me about macsafe and one is the fact that Apple locks out third
parties from having that 15 in what capability but with that even though the
max 8 Puck is rated at 15 watts that doesn't last long after that first
initial burst it actually drops down to 6 Watts which is lower than what ESR
offers on theirs or other companies offer so they're not maximizing it and
other companies they're not allowed to do that unless you're paying apple and
you're limiting it to what they want personally I want faster charging
similar to what OnePlus has done where they have 50 watt Chargers that charge
way faster than lightning does with the iPhone more than what Apple allow you
with USB type c now we don't need to have 50 Watts but that is just proof the
Apple can do that with macsafe on the iPhone and of course we had leaks that
they want to make it faster but they have not made a change even with the
iPhone 14. now another thing that many Tech reviewers did not talk about is
that this EU law only goes into to effect at the end of 2024 not next year
with the iPhone 15 and another is the Apple has wanted to have a portless
iPhone for a long time and now we know that the iPhone 15 is going to have
solid state buttons on the side instead of having actual ones which is great for
a few different reasons that's just like the home button that we had on the
previous iPhones and like the trackpad that doesn't actually click down and
another thing that you have to consider is that this is just a law for the EU
Apple doesn't have to do worldwide and if you think that Apple would do it
worldwide if they do it at all we'll take a look at the SIM card slot or the
lack of it in the North American models of the iPhone and the rest of the world
they still have it but for us we don't so Apple could easily do that with a USB
type-c port but personally I think they wouldn't include it at all and there's a
very legitimate reason for this because another interesting point is that Apple
only has to put in a USB type-c port if they have a wired connection if they
don't have a wired connection they don't have to use those rules which also means
that Apple could do another method of physical connection which would be a
SMART connector like Port which they do have patents for that allows it to
magnetically attach and align now what I think is better in that we do have proof
on is the ability to have magsafe wireless charging not only be able to
wirelessly charge but pass through data and yes Apple does have a patent on that
as well you can have mac safe charging which is fast and then use Optical light
transfer to pass through data for the times that you actually need to have a
physical connection for example recovery of your phone or if you want to back it
up then things like that now most people nowadays only use the lightning to
charge everything's done through iCloud and that's what Apple would prefer and
of course they make more money that way with iCloud backup now if you think
that's weird to use that for data that might be slow well this port is
incredibly slow the iPad 10 sport is incredibly slow and if you think about
it fiber optic cable for gigabit it is insanely fast and there was a study done
showing that wireless fiber optic light transfer reaches 42 gigabit per second
that is like about 90 times faster than this lightning port and that is actually
faster than Thunderbolt 4 data transfer it is absolutely insane so not only is
Apple hold a patent to this it works incredibly well and they could easily do
that now personally I would also really like a focus on faster airdrop airdrop
is great but it's actually not that fast if you're transferring photos as that's
what I found when I was trying to send these huge raw files from my iPhone to
my computer and with that what gives me proof that Apple doesn't want to add USB
type-c to their iPhone and they'd rather bypass the eu's regulations is the fact
that their brand new airpods Pro 2 instead of switching to USB type c like
they have on other devices even on beat stuff they did on this iPad they are
sticking with a lightning connector and these things usually only get updated
every three years they are still doing this and that just shows me that they
would rather just stick it to the EU use another method that you can license and
make more money on and we know they've wanted a portless iPhone they like
making money and they like having control and not having other people tell
them what to do so you guys let me know your thoughts are you excited about usb
type-c coming does the speeds matter or Apple's way of controlling stuff go
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