It is almost the New Year, presumably the family cleaning of the little friends has been put on the agenda, and Xiao Lei's family is no exception.
After all, the new year should have a new atmosphere, Xiao Lei pondered, the workstation that had not been sorted out for a long time had to be empty and had to be cleaned up.
Fortunately, the desktop of the workstation is a high-frequency use area, three times five divided by two, and it doesn't take long to clean up the matter.
It was this side of the drawer that made me difficult, because in addition to the messy clutter, there were also entangled charging cables.
The size and thickness are different, and the color is fancy, even if it is not counted, the key is that their interface is not the same.
Oh, there are currently three mainstream charging interfaces on the market, namely Apple Lightning, Android Type-C and Android Micro.
This leads to the result that in order to adapt to the charging of different devices, we must have several charging cables with different interfaces.
Good guys, this trip out of the door is also inconvenient, if you don't prepare more data line storage bags, I am afraid that when it is used, "cut and tidy up".
Or, today Xiao Lei will come to talk to the small partners about the charging interface.
Official statement
In recent years, XiaoLei has found that consumers around the world have a heart, and the call for "unified charging interface" is getting louder and louder.
This small charging interface is so that consumer opinions are getting bigger and bigger, and some official organizations can't look at it.
For example, in September last year, the European Union proposed a bill requiring the electronics industry to unify chargers, all of which use type-C interfaces.
The reason is that this can not only reduce e-waste, but also improve the user experience, the best of both worlds.
Oh, not only the European Union, but also the ministry of industry and information technology has recently proposed a similar plan.
Previously, NetEase CEO Ding Lei suggested to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that the charger interface be unified to reduce the generation of electronic waste.
So, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology responded to this a few days ago:
We will continue to promote the formulation of relevant national standards, promote the integration and unification of charging interfaces and technologies, improve the recycling rate of electrical and electronic products, and strive to promote the high-quality development of the consumer electronics industry.
Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
According to the reply of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the next step will be from the three aspects of "improving the standard system", "promoting the unification of charging interface and technology integration" and "strengthening the recycling of electronic and electrical products" to solve the problem of inconsistent charging interface.
From the reply, it is not difficult to see that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology still attaches great importance to the charging interface, after all, how to do it is planned after connecting.
So the question is, since the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has spoken, what impact do these measures have on mobile phone manufacturers?
Before answering this question, Xiao Lei felt the need to give everyone a simple science popularization, what is the difference between the charging interface.
There is a difference in the charging interface
In the two years of the Android camp, thanks to the active promotion of mobile phone manufacturers, the charging interface has basically completed the transformation from Micro to Type-C.
The reason why this result can be achieved so smoothly is actually inseparable from the advantages of Type-C, which are "no one has me".
The first is that Type-C has no positive and negative distinction, how to insert can be done, do not have to worry about the direction of the forced insertion caused tragedy.
The second is that the shape is thinner, and the thinner mobile phone body needs a thinner charging interface, which is not explained by this little thunder.
The most critical point is that Type-C data transmission is faster, and it also supports PD, QC and other fast charging protocols and bidirectional charging.
Android mobile phones can not move 66W, 120W super fast charging, a large part of the credit is due to Type-C.
In contrast, Apple's Lightning interface is somewhat unable to keep up with the pace of the times today.
Although it also supports random plugging, in terms of transmission speed and charging speed, Lightning can be said to be hanging to the point of being suspended by Type-C.
Take fast charging, Lightning only supports Apple's 5V2.4A charging protocol and PD protocol, and the maximum current it can withstand is only 3A.
Oh, the iPhone series of the highest specification of the current 27W fast charge, has been counted as the top, no matter how fast it really can't work.
So, at this stage, the "charging interface is not unified", in fact, it is generally said that Android (Type-C) and Apple (Lightning) are not unified.
Android is a bit harder, but Apple is harder
After talking about the difference between charging interfaces, let's take a look at what impact the Measures of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will have on mobile phone manufacturers.
First of all, let's take a look at the Android camp, the problem of unified charging interface, the probability is not to worry about drops.
As we said earlier, Android mobile phones are basically Type-C party, everyone is Type-C, and there is no unification of this statement.
The difficulty is that the fast charging protocols of each family are different, and the fast charging is precisely a selling point of the android mobile phone's high internal volume.
It is unlikely that the manufacturer will announce the fast charging agreement, after all, it is painstakingly developed by people who spend manpower and financial resources.
Xiao Lei boldly guessed that manufacturers are expected to join forces to launch one or several general fast charging protocols, which not only give users a certain speed of fast charging, but also do not lose their own selling points.
As for Apple, it is uncomfortable, and the operation of the unified charging interface will undoubtedly break a big financial road.
Everyone knows that Apple has canceled charging accessories since the iPhone 12 series, which is called "for environmental protection".
Environmental protection is there, but the additional purchase of charging cables and charging heads by goose consumers, as well as the patent licensing fees of third-party charging accessories manufacturers, also makes Apple earn a lot of money.
So, as soon as the EU proposal came out last year, Apple was the first to jump out and express opposition.
Good guys, co-authoring your Apple's environmental protection is really environmentally friendly, and the ENVIRONMENTAL protection of the European Union is not environmentally friendly?
Friends familiar with the digital circle know how terrifying Apple's electronic product market share is in the global market.
Single-handedly compete with all Android manufacturers, and can also achieve such beautiful results today.
Apple has insisted on using Lightning for ten years, and it is not difficult for us to understand.
With the "persistence" of Guozige, in this way, the charging interface can only be forced to "diversify".
Is charging interface unification good or bad?
For us consumers, there is no doubt that this must be a great thing!
No need to buy additional charging cables, a line can walk the rivers and lakes, the key is to also support fast charging, is this not fragrant?
As for the bad side, Apple has said a reason against the EU proposal: a unified charging interface will stifle corporate innovation.
This statement feels very far-fetched in Xiao Lei's view, rather like an excuse for Apple to squeeze toothpaste for a long time.
Lightning, launched in 2012, it's been 10 years, and I haven't seen Apple make any great innovations on it.
On the contrary, Android manufacturers have changed from Micro to Type-C for new technologies, and now they have achieved 120W fast charging.
In the end, Apple still can't put down the huge profits brought by Lightning, so it has been unwilling to use Type-C.
But well, look at this posture, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to promote the charging interface of this thing, is serious.
Apple has two ways to deal with it: one is to continue to insist on itself and harden the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; the other is to finally compromise and join Type-C.
Harm, not to mention, Little Ray has begun to wonder whether the shrewd Cook will choose this way.