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> Most don't need to buy new stuff for a USB C charger. […]

You’re right. That’s different this time and I’m sympathetic to it. As I’ve started to gain more and more USB-C stuff the possible convenience it would provide has certainly increased. When people were beating this drum 2-3 years ago I basically didn’t have any USB-C stuff so it wouldn’t have given me any convenience. But overtime that’s changing.

Regarding the EU: I like Apple but they are stubborn as hell. For that reason alone I have a hard time seeing them doing it. They could start making two options, one USB-C and one lightning, but that doesn’t sound like Apple either.

Portless would certainly be a solution, but I have a hard time seeing that either. Wireless charging is just too slow.

I really don’t know what’s gonna happen on that one.




USB-C and then portless when the technology is good enough. It'll be hard to stick with iPhones knowing this. I never want zero ports, they'll never match charging efficiency of a cable having no port.


I agree. Unless someone figures out some sort of epic hack around physics, I can’t see getting rid of the charging cable ever.




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