Apple is adding USB-C to the iPhone 15 series of phones
I'm not really an Apple fanboy, but I wanted to make a post today about Apple finally giving the iPhone 15 USB-C support.
The tech company has been using the Lightning connector on their phones since 2012 with the launch of the iPhone 5, where they finally got rid of the 30 pin connector used on older devices.
Apple originally started using USB-C sometime around 20151 for their MacBook line of laptops, but iPhones have only just received this now.
Changing to the USB-C port wasn't by choice, Apple had to with incoming EU legistration that would force device manufacturers to allow people to charge most portable devices via a USB-C port (a few portable devices are exempt, one of which is gaming laptops).
Apple's site is pretty limited with stating what features the iPhone 15 supports, although surprisingly all models seem to be able to output a DisplayPort signal2. I'm not sure whether the actual software will support it, but at least the hardware is capable.
If you get the iPhone 15 (Plus), you’ll be limited to USB 2.0 speeds, however if you buy the iPhone 15 Pro (Max), you'll be able to join 10Gbps (1.25GB/s) speeds through USB 3.1. It's unfortunate that Apple didn't add USB 4.0 support instead, but 5GB/s transfer speeds isn’t really that necessary.
I think a lot of people missed this, but the technical specifications page for the 15 and 15 Plus suggests that you are able to use a charger above 20W, but it looks like Apple will only be selling chargers up to 20W.
That's mainly all we know about USB-C support on iPhones so far.
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Information from Wikipedia for the 12in MacBooks produced between 2015 to 2019. Looks to have been introduced on the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in 2018.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook
Refer to Apple's technical specifications page for the 15 and 15 Plus.
https://www.apple.com/iphone-15/specs/
You'll only be able to output SDR content.