April 1 news, following the manufacture of the world's first Type-C iPhone last year, engineer Ken Pillonel recently made a new job, he built the world's first Android phone using Apple's Lightning interface. His modified phone was a Samsung Galaxy A51 phone, which was finally announced on April Fool's Day after a long test.
With the development and upgrading of technology, the current mobile phone industry mainly has two interfaces (Micro-USB is basically eliminated), one is Apple's dedicated Lightning interface, the other is USB Type-C interface, the vast majority of smart phones are this interface. Not only that, but many electronic devices, including some of Apple's own laptops and tablets, are now Type-C interfaces.
This leads to a problem, iPhone users go out, to bring a Type-C line for other electronic devices, but also for the iPhone with a Lightning charging cable. Of course, Apple don't misunderstand, we don't feel troublesome to bring more than one charging line, but we just think that this is very unenvironmental and does not conform to Apple's consistent style of pursuing carbon neutrality.
In recent years, some users have been calling for the iPhone to change to the Type-C interface as soon as possible, and even the European Union has directly come forward to require Apple to use the Type-C interface. From the current situation, Apple does not seem to intend to listen to the European Union, the iPhone 14 series released at the end of this year, most likely or Type-C interface.
Apple insists on using the Lightning interface that lags behind in speed and charging power, and the reason is a "money" word. Although third-party accessory manufacturers can also produce Lightning charging cables, they must pay money to pass Apple's MFi certification and charge Apple devices. As for environmental protection, it is necessary to make way for profits, not equipped with a charger can reduce costs, and insisting on Lightning can increase revenue.
As a consumer, Xiao Lei definitely still hopes that the products of major brands can unify the charging interface, so that we do not always have to carry a large number of chargers when we travel every day. In the latest agreement released by the USB-IF Association, the Type-C port power is increased to 240W, which is definitely enough to power the game book and bring more possibilities to electronic devices.