How to Navigate Apple’s Shift From Lightning to USB-C
SAN FRANCISCO — The iPhone 15 has arrived with a big change that is sure to annoy many of us. Eventually, however, we’ll breathe a sigh of relief.
This transition feels like a bit of déjà vu. In 2012, Apple killed the relatively bulky 30-pin connector on iPhones to switch to Lightning, a slimmer and faster charging technology, which rendered many speakers and chargers obsolete. So we are heading toward an era of standardization in which one type of charger works with most of our electronics, which would be ideal. Many of us are familiar with the scenario in which someone is carrying an iPhone cable but a family member or friend needs a different one to replenish their non-Apple phone or computer. Those days, in theory, will be no more.
High-quality chargers are essentially electronics with tiny circuit boards inside them. On Apple’s official Lightning cable, there are two chips: One authenticates that the cable is made by Apple, while the other acts as a fuse that isolates damage to the charger. In the event of a power fluctuation, for example, only the charger would be destroyed and not the phone itself, Jones said.
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