On April 18, according to idropnews, the iPhone 14 series models use the Lightning interface of 10 years ago, and there is no plan to use USB-C in the future. However, it is reported that Apple is developing a USB 3.0 speed version of the Lightning interface for this year's new flagship to increase the file transfer rate of the new machine.
From the perspective of Apple 'cutting" off the 3.5mm headphone jack and vigorously promoting MagSafe, Xiao Lei believes that the iPhone is likely to develop towards no porosity. idropnews revealed that the Lightning interface will continue to be used as a transitional solution for data transmission until the company realizes the transmission of files through MagSafe, and then launches an interfaceless, all-wireless iPhone.
At present, the transmission speed of the Lightning interface is only the level of USB 2.0, and the transmission efficiency is certainly not as good as that of USB 3.0 devices, in theory, the maximum transmission rate of USB 3.0 can reach 5.0Gbps, while USB 2.0 can only do 480Mbps at the highest. In addition, the USB 3.0 interface model, the charging power will be higher.
Apple's Lightning has been criticized for many years, not only the transmission speed is slow, the compatibility is not good, users must use a special data cable, and unlike Android machines, a USB-C cable can be compatible with a variety of models, Android, Apple dual-wielding small partners, should be quite aware of the pain of wire is not universal.
As a "video creation tool", Apple has given the iPhone 13 Pro a lot of "movie machine" attributes, including ProRes, a one-minute ProRes 4K video, the capacity can reach 6GB, shoot 10 minutes, minutes will break through 60GB, if you do not strengthen the transmission rate of Lightning, it will obviously cause a lot of pressure to video creators, and the file transmission must be very painful.
Now it seems that the C-port iPhone can only be seen in the hands of the folk gods, iPad, MacBook have adopted USB-C, Xiao Lei believes that Apple has not replaced the Lightning interface of the iPhone, it should just be simply not wanted to change, hoping that the upgraded interface can bring a little comfort to consumers.
The ultimate goal of the iPhone is still no hole, so wireless file transfer is the best solution for Apple. However, the efficiency of wireless charging today may not be as efficient as wired, and Xiao Lei guessed that the efficiency of MagSafe transmitting files is not necessarily higher than that of wired.