EU decides all iPhones will have a USB-C port from 2024 1

EU decides all iPhones will have a USB-C port from 2024

As you know, the EU has been expressing its ambition for several months to standardize the charging ports of all smartphones. The principle of the maneuver is clearly ecological, the purpose reduce e-waste generation like many chargers that come with our mobile phones.

Consumers can reuse their chargers on any smartphone by choosing a single charger. Of course, such a measure does not please Apple, then it has to abandon the Lightning port in favor of USB Type-C, The standard preferred by the European Commission.

USB Type-C becomes the only charger for all smartphones

Anyway, the Cupertino company will have to get used to it. As a matter of fact, 27 EU member states and members of the European Parliament reached an agreement on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. A universal USB Type-C charger It will apply to all smartphone manufacturers. EU member states from autumn 2024. the second time, this measure will apply to laptopsAs stated by the European Parliament.

Note that Apple does not wait for the European Commission’s decision to begin compliance. Indeed, Apple is currently testing iPhones with USB Type-C and many rumors claim. The iPhone 15 will be the first to use a USB Type-C port.

European Commissioner Thierry Breton welcomed the adoption of this measure on Twitter : “We have an agreement on common charger! More savings for European consumers and less waste for the planet. Smartphones, tablets and cameras will now have USB-C. Fast charging technology will be harmonized, charger sales will accelerate solved. “The interests of the European Union have prevailed,” he said.

For the time being, various manufacturers, and especially Apple, have not yet officially reacted to this new measure. We will update this article as soon as the first reactions are published.

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