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Apple Reportedly Testing iPhones With USB-C Instead of Lightning Port

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Apple is testing iPhones that use the industry-standard USB-C port, according to a new report. Since 2012, Apple's smartphones have used the company's proprietary Lightning connector. Consumers, reviewers, and even government regulators have called for Apple to drop Lightning in recent years.

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9to5Mac

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Bloomberg backs report that iPhone 15 may switch to USB-C charging port next year

A second report now corroborates that Apple is testing a USB-C iPhone that could be released next. This would replace the Lightning port.

4 years ago·Cupertino, United States

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Tech Radar

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Report: Apple bringing USB-C to the iPhone but not the iPhone 14

Might we see a USB-C iPhone in 2023?

4 years ago·Bath, United Kingdom

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Ars Technica

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Report: Apple is testing USB-C iPhone models for 2023

European Union regulation could force Apple to make the switch.

4 years ago·Cambridge, United States

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TechCrunch

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Apple said to be testing a switch to USB-C for future iPhones – TechCrunch

It’s neither surprising, nor necessarily new scuttlebutt, but one of the most reliable Apple news scoopers of all time has chimed in to say that Apple is indeed at least serious enough about a potential switch from Lightning to USB-C on future iPhones that it’s doing testing with models equipped wi…

4 years ago·San Francisco, United States

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