Nabil Luqman

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CHILL Hacks

iPhone

European Union

Type-C

Charger

Standardization

Mobile Device

The usage of Type C cables has pretty much taken over many of our lives. No longer do we need to keep asking our family or friends if they have a cable to charge their phones.
A couple of years ago, we&rsquo;d always find trouble as every device seems to have either a Micro USB (mostly on non-apple products) or either a lightning cable (on most Apple products).
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But it seems like the divide between Apple and the rest of the competitors in the marker is coming to an end. For those of you who own Apple devices, you&rsquo;ll know that the iPhones are all mainly using lightning cables while their other products such as the iPad, AirPods and even their MacBook have all moved on to Type-C connection.
The European Parliament had passed a law which will make the USB Type-C the standard charging port for all devices starting from Autumn 2024. The European Union (EU) lawmakers had voted in the favour of this ruling which means Apple and other companies will be forced to adopt the USB-C standard within the next two years if they want to continue selling their devices in any of the 27 European countries.
<img src="https://cdn1.myc.com.my/image/upload/v1665046212/unsigned/dau5lsf9d3myc12yaicv.jpg" /> The lightning port which was introduced back in 2012.
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It&rsquo;s been a long time coming as the EU has been fighting to try and standardise charging ports due to customers complaining the need to change chargers when changing devices. The new law will not just affect phones but it will include tablets, cameras as well as laptops. However, the mandatory change for laptops to use Type-C will only be in 2026.
Worry not though, if your device is still using a non-Type-C chargers, the sale of the cables and chargers for it will still continue on so consumers are not forced to change to a new device.
&nbsp;Apple opposed to the change
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In the past, Apple had fought strongly against the usage of Type-C on their iPhone as it would &ldquo;hurt innovation and create a mountain of waste&rdquo; (yet they themselves created more waste when they introduced individual packaging of products thinking it&rsquo;s more minimalist and &ldquo;cost saving&rdquo;). 
&ldquo;We remain concerned that strict regulation mandating just one type of connector stifles innovation rather than encouraging it, which in turn will harm consumers in Europe and around the world,&rdquo; said a spokesperson from Apple.
Meanwhile, analyst believe that the change to Type-C will see the company hit more sales as the cables are now standardised with all their other products.
 Will we being a Type-C iPhone by 2023?
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In short, we definitely will. According to Mark Gurnam who&rsquo;s a well-known Apple analysist in Bloomberg, he says that when Apple releases the iPhone 15, it&rsquo;s expected that Apple will release a Lightning to USB-C adapter which can enable customers to use their existing accessories without the need to worry about forking out money for a new charger accessory.
What about USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) and Wireless Charging?
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The only side of the law announcement that&rsquo;s still unclear would be the USB-PD since all devices must standardise fast charging across all devices. When we look at different brands, each phone or fast charging feature will have different power delivery to the device which can possibly see a change thanks to the EU&rsquo;s standardization mandate.
As for wireless charging, there had been rumours that Apple may be releasing a fully &lsquo;portless&rsquo; iPhone in the future as they want to make it a more common sight. While this shouldn&rsquo;t be much of an issue as most phones support wireless charging, the European Commission will &ldquo;harmonize interoperability requirements&rdquo; for wireless charging support by the end of 2024 according to a report by Forbes.
An important thing to take note is that Apple may not be required to sell Type-C iPhones outside of Europe but the extra price in producing two different models of phones based of regions will not make sense.
If they do standardise the ports, at least no one will need to fight to find a charger anymore. But why hasn&rsquo;t Apple introduce Type-C earlier? If they did it for their other devices, they could of done it for the iPhone very easily.
 What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments.
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*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, Forbes, Reuters &amp; various cross references for context.
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The EU had passed a law to make Type-C a standard charger across all mobile devices by the end of 2024.

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Future Apple iPhones To Switch To Type-C Chargers 

Future Apple iPhones To Switch To Type-C Chargers

The EU had passed a law to make Type-C a standard charger across all mobile devices by the end of 2024.

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