My iphone and airpods are the only things that still charge with not USB C.
I cant wait to be free of the lightning cables.
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My phone and AirPods are only charged by MagSafe / Qi charger. I haven’t touched a lightning port in a while.
Lightning was amazing when it came out, and helped to push USB-C. Still, its time has come. I’m anxious to ditch lightning and then only need usb-C for iphone, iPad, and laptop. Then I can use Apple Watch charger to charge watch and AirPods Pro 2. With some mag safe chargers around the house, I’ll be set.
I was considering it, but I can’t justify the upgrade from iPhone12 as it works fine. I did upgrade from iPad 2 to the mini which has usb c, as does my laptop. AirPods being lighting make it 50/50 usb c/lightning.
I’ve decided to go for this kind of thing in the mean time. Having the little nubbins is probably annoying, but a more budget friendly option for me to not have to always have two types of cables handy
I use a similar thing. I’ve got a variety of devices across Micro-USB, USB-C and Lightning. The nubbin is annoying, but it’s worth it to have few cables that charge all my devices. I definitely look forward to getting everything to Qi 2 and/or USB-C, but I’m not going to replace devices just for that.
Will take years before we get rid of Lightning here. The wife have an iPhone 13 mini and she’ll likely keep that until it dies.
I wish they update iPhone mini with USB-C in the near future. I do like its form factor and one-handability.
I’m excited for USB-C to take over on the apple products. But it will be annoying because I still have AirPods Max that use lightning
Might be a good excuse to upgrade the Magic Keyboard and track pad once they go usb-c.
I already had a lot of USB-C stuff, then bought some lightning stuff as I had my first iPhone (13). I think I won't buy a new iPhone until they make em USB-C.
I’ve long since ditched lightning for wireless anyway. But it’ll be nice to just have one cable in my go-bag.
Yeah. Unfortunately I have my my phone, and two pairs of headphones that aren’t usb-c. I’m afraid it will be years before I can have one cord to rule them all.
I kind of assumed apple would just remove all ports and go MagSafe only at this point
It’s a fun meme for journalists but that very obviously sucks. Like a new car still often lacks wireless car play. Plus all the great things usb can eventually do.
Funnily you would have this because of the European Unions directive and at the time Apple was opposing the move, because they want them to get their Lightning license fee from all third party makers of accessories and this source of income would dry up once they switch to USB-C.
I am actually a bit surprised of how many people are supporting Apple's anti consumer behavior by buying their stuff.
The first iPhone with USB-C might be my first pre-order.
I use an Android as my secondary phone and I’m already primed for the USB-C switch. Can’t wait for it!
The iPhone is the only one I’ll gladly replace. AirPods, not gonna happen since I’m always charging them wirelessly
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