Apple is trying iPhones that trade the Lightning port for USB-C, according to another Bloomberg report from Apple whisperer Imprint Gurman. Yet, you shouldn't expect to see it in the current year's iPhone arrangement, as the changeover wouldn't occur until 2023 "at the earliest," Gurman says. The report follows solid Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo's tweets this week indicating Apple would trade to USB-C in the second 50% of 2023, which is apparently when that year's iPhone setup will be delivered.
The switch would be a major one, however it's anything but a complete shock. Apple has proactively moved the iPad Professional, iPad Air, and iPad Smaller than normal to USB-C. What's more, the EU uncovered a proposition in September that would require numerous devices, including cell phones, to include USB-C ports — Gurman says that this regulation was "a key explanation" for Apple's transition to consider the change. There are likewise technical advantages to moving to USB-C, which is capable of quicker move speeds than Lightning.
Bits of gossip have additionally twirled about Apple fostering a portless iPhone, and Gurman says that Apple has "chipped away at iPhones with next to no charging port" in "recent years." Yet his report Friday doesn't propose a portless iPhone will be accessible at any point in the near future.
Apple didn't promptly answer to a solicitation for comment. The company originally introduced the Lightning port with the iPhone 5 of every 2012.
