Does the EU impose USB-C on iPhones? Ok, so you will pay for its speed

With the launch of the iPhone 14 in September 2022, Apple decided to prioritize its high-end models. We have already seen this reflected in the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, which brought numerous changes and improvements compared to the previous generation. By contrast, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus models were barely nearly identical to the iPhone 13. We know this trend will continue with the iPhone 15 and now it is reported that Manzana has decided that they will have a speed with USB-C much slower than the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max.

In 2022, the European Union finally passed its law on the mandatory use of USB-C in European territory. Specifically, the use of USB-C in devices and chargers for mobile phones and tablets was required, although this will advance until it is imposed on laptops. It was this law that forced Apple to get rid of your proprietary Lightning connector, which was already out of date in terms of speed. Knowing that if you wanted to sell you had to implement USB-C on your mobiles, your next iPhone 15, Plus, Pro and Pro Max (Ultra) will bring this long-awaited port.

Apple will use USB-C on the iPhone 15, but they will not improve its speed

The Lightning port has been with us for many years and although at first it was considered innovative, today it has fallen far behind. In fact, it has already been reported that even the Lightning port of the expensive iPhone 14 Pro was limited to USB 2.0. With a speed of only 480Mbps using the decades-old standard, it seemed like a sick joke for Apple to keep using it. Luckily with the arrival of USB-C this would change the situation or at least we all thought so.

We have been too naive as it is now reported that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will bring USB-C with a speed similar to that of the iPhone 14 Pro. This implies having a transfer speed of only 60 MB/s, something that today is a very low figure. So while Apple will be ditching its Lightning ports out of necessity, it will struggle to maintain its slow speed.

Pro and Pro Max models with USB-C will be much faster

Apple’s trend to make its iPhone Pro more interesting products for its customers continues and adds more and more improvements. We now know that the future iPhone 15 Pro and Ultra will use USB-C but with a transfer speed of up to 5 GBps. This implies being up to 10 times faster when transferring files, reaching a maximum speed of 625MB/s. Here if we talk about some figures that do correspond to pay more than 1,500 euros for a mobile of these characteristics. In fact, this speed is equivalent to USB 3.2the most current standard if we ignore USB 4.0 that has not been implemented globally.

If Apple already saw a reduction in sales and interest with the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, it seems that the same will happen with future models. We do not know the reason why he prioritizes his top-of-the-range models so much, but he has managed to ensure that his clients have more interest in paying hundreds of euros more in a Pro model on the standard model.