Apple's Important Changes After 11 Years

When Apple launches the iPhone 15 in September, it will mark the first time the US tech company has changed the charging port in 11 years, since the iPhone 5.

The Lightning port will soon disappear from the iPhone. Photo: DailyMail

The first charging port of the iPhone is the 30-pin charging port, which only appeared on 5 iPhone models including iPhone 2G (first generation iPhone), iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4G and iPhone 4s. This connection port was originally the standard port of the iPod. When it became the port for the iPhone, the 30-pin charging port performed its role of charging the battery well.

However, the downside is that the 30-pin port design can only be plugged in one way. Therefore, it only existed for a short time. When launching the iPhone 5 on September 12, 2012, Apple abandoned this connection port to switch to using the Lightning port.

The response to the new Lightning port at the time was also mixed, largely because the 30-pin port had become so entrenched in the Apple ecosystem since the iPod’s early popularity. This was evident when Apple’s $29 Lightning to 30-pin adapter failed to catch on and was discontinued early.

Many people think that the iPhone charging port has not changed in more than a decade. But in fact, that is not the case. In the iPhone 11, Apple included a Lightning to USB-C charging cable in the box instead of Lightning to USB-A like before so that users can experience fast charging.

A year later, Apple decided to stop selling chargers in iPhone boxes for environmental reasons, and officially replaced the USB-A charger connector from the iPhone 5 to USB-C for the iPhone 12.

Apple's Important Changes After 11 Years

The old 30-pin port of the first iPhone. Photo: etradesupply

Today, users charge everything from MacBooks and iPads to Apple TV remotes to Beats headphones with USB-C, except for the iPhone. The iPhone 15 will mark the final change for Apple. For many users, the switch from Lightning to USB-C has been long-awaited.

According to 9to5Mac user Jarrod, the switch might be annoying at first, but it won't be as much of a pushback as the switch from 30-pin to Lightning back in the day.

“USB-C has become so ubiquitous that even non-techies know about it and have at least one device that uses it. After the initial discomfort, people will gradually accept it, especially those who have relatives using Android phones with USB-C,” he wrote.

Rumors claim that Apple is testing iPhones with USB-C ports, which will appear as early as the iPhone 15 due in 2023. Photo: 9to5Mac.

But for many others, the switch from Lightning to USB-C is a difficult one to accept. The Lightning ecosystem has long been ingrained in their lives. Buying a new, genuine Apple cable is also quite expensive.

But this is not a big problem because Apple has added wireless charging to the iPhone for a long time. The iPhone 8 and iPhone X are the first Apple smartphones to support the Qi wireless charging standard.

With the iPhone 12, users' wireless charging experience has been further improved with MagSafe. Therefore, for many people, the iPhone's charging port now only serves as a connection port between different devices, not focusing on charging capabilities like before.

According to Zing

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