At present, the revelations about the iPhone 14 series are basically hammered in the RECENTLY FLOWED CAD design drawings.
Now, Weibo blogger @ Quick Review Lab has exposed for the first time a set of iPhone 14 series model pictures, once again confirming the previous rumors about the composition of the iPhone 14 series lineup.
The iPhone 14 series will consist of two 6.7-inch and two 6.1-inch models, and the iPhone 13 mini will be the ultimate.
In addition to the design and performance specifications of the iPhone 14, everyone is also very concerned about whether the usb-C interface will be used on the new generation of flagship iPhones.
We can glimpse this in the recent iPhone 14 design exposed by the @ShrimpApplePro of the source on Twitter.
It is clear from the figure that the iPhone 14 will still use the ancestral Lightning interface.
The Lightning interface has been in use for nearly 10 years since its introduction in 2012.
Although Apple has adhered to its consistently conservative product strategy, according to the latest report from foreign media iDropNews, Apple engineers are supporting the USB 3.0 protocol for the iPhone 14 Pro model.
At this stage, Apple's Lightning interface only supports the USB 2.0 protocol, with a maximum transfer rate of about 480Mbps (megabits per second) and a transfer speed of 60MB/s.
After supporting USB 3.0, the theoretical transfer rate can reach 5Gbps, and the maximum transfer speed is about 625MB/s, which basically solves the problem of poor iPhone file transfer speed.
However, these are only theoretical speeds.
In general, devices that support USB 2.0 can achieve actual transfer speeds of no more than 40MB/s, while USB 3.0 can transfer files on some devices at least 150MB/s, which is more than four times that of USB 2.0.
Although you may not often transfer files through the data cable at present, they all upload files through the iPhone's built-in airdrop function or WeChat file transfer assistant.
But for some users who usually record larger videos, this improvement is very prominent.
For example, the ProRes video format supported by the iPhone 13 Pro model, a 1-minute ProRes video costs nearly 2G of storage.
When transferring such files, faster transfer speeds obviously increase productivity significantly.
Judging from the current news, if you want to see the USB-C interface on the iPhone, it should be the "lifetime" series.
In recent years, Apple has paid more and more attention to the development of accessories, and the MFi certification of third-party accessories will also bring huge benefits to Apple.
Judging from Apple's first quarter 2022 financial report, the revenue of accessories and wearable devices has been forced to pressure iPad and Mac, ranking in the top three of Apple's main revenue, which shows the importance of this part of the revenue to Apple.
Therefore, the high revenue brought by MFi certification for Apple is also one of the main reasons why Apple is reluctant to give up the Lightning interface.
In addition, Apple is actively developing wireless charging technology to prepare for the cancellation of the iPhone's charging interface.
When Apple's wireless charging technology is fully mature and can be put into use in a large area, Apple will directly cut off the charging interface of the iPhone and launch a real wireless iPhone.
Not surprisingly, this move will also be emulated by other mobile phone manufacturers, and no interface will be the next popular trend of smartphones.
Let's wait and see.