It’s that time of year when we get to see a new iPhone. Some people can’t wait to learn more about it, while others don’t care, but this is important because Apple has a big influence on the North American mobile phone industry, so we’ll talk about it. It.
What To be What’s really interesting this year is that we’re expecting to see an iPhone that uses USB-C for charging. This is because the EU has required new phones and other devices that charge via USB to have a USB port. Even Apple would comply because the alternative is not selling the phone in a large area of the world.
This is a good thing all around. Most of. As EU parliament members were quick to point out, it would have a direct impact on the amount of e-waste and plastic waste clogging the world’s landfills. The less trash we need to buy means the less trash we throw away.
“Conventional chargers will finally become a reality in Europe. We’ve been waiting more than ten years for these rules, but we can finally leave the current plethora of chargers in the past. This future-proof legislation enables the development of innovative charging solutions in the future, and it will benefit everyone – from frustrated consumers to our fragile environment ta.” – Alex Agius Saliba, Vice President of the EU Parliament.
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On the other hand, these kinds of mandates can stifle innovation, like the kind of innovation that brought us Apple’s Lightning Port. Inventing new things that work better is important, especially when it comes to charging technology. This is largely a good thing, Tgat said.
However, this might not mean what you think, and a USB-C-equipped iPhone would still be as Appley as ever.
This duty only applies to charging. As we all know, USB-C cables are capable of doing more than just charging, and those things are how Apple can “customize” USB-C to its liking. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
The diagram above is taken directly from the USB-C specifications. Each square corresponds to one of the copper connections inside the USB-C port, and the USB-C cable has the same layout so it all fits together. It has several abbreviations for each connection pin and it is important to know what they are. It’s cool that they’re mirrored, allowing you to plug things in either way.
- D+ and D- are USB 2.0 data connections.
- TX (1 and 2) and RX (1 and 2) are USB 3.2 or USB 4 data connections.
- VBUS and GND are for USB power.
- CC1 and CC2 are configuration channel connections.
- SBU1 and SBU2 are connection points using Sideband.
Only some of these pins are used for charging – VBUS and GND. They are the points where power flows in and out between the phone and the charger. Pins CC1 and CC2 are important because they allow communication between devices, so things like fast charging can work.
All the other connections are where USB-C can do interesting things. They allow all kinds of data connections for things like copying files to your laptop, video over USB, and allowing the headset to output analog signals. And digital audio.
The EU doesn’t specify how this should be done, so Apple is free to do its thing here, just like Google or Samsung. And it probably will – just like Google and Samsung have done.
I hate that I can’t plug my Pixel phone into a USB-C display and mirror the screen. Some Android phones do that, but the Pixel doesn’t. I also hate that Samsung doesn’t support all USB audio specifications, while Motorola does. Things are the way they are because no one is forcing all devices with USB-C ports to do all the things or do them in the same ways.
Apple may take advantage of this in its own special way.
One of the things people love about the iPhone is that anything with the right plug will work just like you would expect when plugged into the phone. Like it or not, Apple has invested a lot of effort into the Lightning interface to ensure things work this way.
Apple can do the same with USB-C thanks to data connections and Sideband Use connectivity. These work together to do things like DisplayPort or MHL for video, Audio Adapter Accessory Mode for analog signal transfer, Thunderbolt, HDMI include audio and HDR, etc
There are no pins or features in any of these Have to use, which is why companies like Google and Samsung make phones that can’t do everything USB-C can do. There’s also nothing stopping very smart people from finding new ways to use USB-C’s high-speed data transfer capabilities to do something new and exciting — or new and exciting.
An example is almost required here. Let’s say I make a really cool infrared camera that connects to a phone’s USB-C port like the one Flir makes. I’ll probably support USB standards so my camera works on as many devices as possible with USB-C ports, including most of the best Android phones.
Suppose Apple writes software that uses the sideband connection to search for a specific component in my camera before it becomes active. Well, I’m going to build my camera with that component built in because I want it to work with the iPhone too.
Now let’s say there is an Apple certification program for accessories that use USB-C. To get certified, you need to build things a certain way and install some firmware to the product that Apple provides so that it works with the iPhone. Don’t laugh because Apple has completely done things like this.
That firmware can secure my device only one Works with iPhone. It also makes it work exceptionally well with the iPhone. What do I do now?
Regardless of my decision, here’s why being able to use all those extra pins in a USB-C connection while everything is configured in a proprietary way is both a good thing and a bad thing. bad. The infrared camera I’m selling will work fine with iPhones, but only with iPhones, so I need to make two different versions of it.
My colleague Andrew Myrick gave me a few more things to ponder here – what if Apple guaranteed that Thunderbolt connectivity only worked on the iPhone Pro Max? It sounds like the Apple we all know.
In any case, don’t expect a world where everything you can plug into your phone works with every phone because that won’t happen.
We’ll get more details about this soon when Tim Cook picks up the new iPhone and tells us how much better it is than last year’s old iPhone. Don’t bother with the USB-C part of it, though. No matter how things go, I think Apple will still be Apple, for better or worse.
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