Apple forced to ditch lightning charger in new iPhone
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Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger::Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

  • MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1616·
    1 year ago

    Yeah the lightning charger in my experience immediately breaks when I put it in any position it just doesn’t like.

    Edit: should clarify I use an Android now

    • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      227·
      1 year ago

      You’ll feel right at home with usb-c then. I use both every day and, honestly, they both suck.

      But with Usb-c you get Power Delivery which kicks the shit out of old 5v 2a nonsense

      • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
        141·
        1 year ago

        I find usb-c generally better. faster charging, as you’ve pointed out. I find the connections usually a lot more secure too. I have one cord in my car for android auto that’s a finicky little bitch, though, and I’m about to yeet that thing, if I ever remember to replace it. All of my other cords have held up well, and it’s really nice to have the ability to charge all of my devices with one cord.

      • GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        But with Usb-c you get Power Delivery

        iPhones have supported the PD spec since 2017 (iPhone 8 and iPhone X), assuming the cable supports it (requiring USB-C to Lightning). Their big mistake was not shipping a PD-compatible charger and cable in the box, so very few users actually got one.

      • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
        87·
        1 year ago

        I always feel like usbc could just flip out at any moment. I like the lightning connector better in that regard at least. Usbc just seems looser.

        • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          122·
          1 year ago

          Use a product with less shit USB-C ports then?

          Literally never had a C port that wasn’t as tight as a classic USB

          Nowhere near the loosening issues micro and mini had in their times

          • Fubar91@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            In that reasoning they made confuses me.

            I’ve also never had a usb-c just fallout/ feel non-secure. You’d think with the increased surface area with the usb-c ring fitting between the port wall and the center peg of the port would increases gripyness logically. Vs The single peg insert of a lightning cable.

            But eh, im no physics doctor.

            • reallynotnick@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              1 year ago

              Lightning has the divots in the sides of the cable and then two idk spring loaded bits that press in there on the phone side. It’s insanely secure, one could argue possibly too much, but I can hang my phone from the cord and it won’t fall out.

              Now that’s not to say USB-C is bad like it falls out or anything, just that it takes more force to disconnect a lightning cable than USB-C.

              • Fubar91@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Ah yes the clips! I stand corrected haha.

                I haven’t owned an Apple product since the ipod nano, so the only lightning cables im used too, are user owned devices, which are normally chewed up without the little side clips functioning.

                Ty, for the reminder!

                • reallynotnick@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  It might actually be the port is jammed up with dust on the devices you have used so it couldn’t fully insert and lock in. Being that lightning is a decent sized hole lint gets in there and then when you plug the cable in you compact it all down and it eventually keeps you from fully inserting the cable but it can often still charge though sometimes it is a bit finicky. I clean my out about once a year due to this, haven’t noticed in 3 years of owning a device wearing out the clippy/spring dodads.

            • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              1 year ago

              Nah, lightning connectors have spring clips that hold the connector secure inside the port. Apple does a lot of things wrong, but the lightning port was at least very secure. It has a good solid snap into place, and is more than strong enough to hang the phone from the cord.

              Plus the actual lightning connector is damned near indestructible because it’s basically solid metal. I’ve had cables fail before, but always because of the actual cable. The jacket will come unbraided, or the copper wires will fray. But that’s up to the individual manufacturer, not Apple specifically; Any USB cable will be prone to those same issues, because they’re using the exact same cable. The connector has never been broken or deformed. Hell, the one I’m using on my bedside table has literally been run over by a car, and it still works just fine.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      I’ve only ever had one lightning charger break. Been using iPhones for a decade.

      …I do electrical tape and heat shrink the ends, though. So they probably helps a little.