But what sort of cable does the rest of the world use for Apple products? If it is just the EU insisting on this change, might Apple retain their own cable for the USA, for example, so that it would be easy enough for this to be retained in the UK as well?
No because we use different frequencies. It would be like trying to pick up a FM radio station on an AM radio.
Derail: Actually it is sometimes possible to get an intelligible signal out via slope detection offset on the AM kit's filter skirt provided it isn't too narrowband.No because we use different frequencies. It would be like trying to pick up a FM radio station on an AM radio.
That's just a chip change to facilitate that though. A change in connector is a chip change, a case change, a driver change and a change of all the peripherals, cases and adaptors that use the lightning connector to being USB-C compatible. If they are forced to change in one very big territory, it would make no sense to not change it everywhere.No because we use different frequencies. It would be like trying to pick up a FM radio station on an AM radio.
Sounds like you’re not putting them in properly.
Much more than just a chip change. It's all the associated components within the receiver and transmitter circuits.
I'm pretty sure that's all built into the one chip these days but I could be wrong.
They weren't when I worked for Ericsson mobile phones. Not sure you can build inductors into chips.
but your European iPhone works just fine on holiday in the USA....and vice versa...many years ago Chile and South Korea were outliers, but all phones seem to work pretty much anywhere now.No because we use different frequencies. It would be like trying to pick up a FM radio station on an AM radio.
USB-C is utter shite if you’re used to MagSafe. Even Apple have seen the error of their ways and brought it back.
How much more waterproof than some existing phones exactly?
Explain to me the terrible shortcomings of USB-C for the vast majority of users?
Leaving aside the utterly confusing mess that is USB-C standards, I’ve lost count of the times my laptop has been saved from being sent flying by the MagSafe connector doing what it was designed to do. It’s just one of those design ideas that’s so ridiculously simple.
Strangely enough, every USB-C device I've ever used has worked/charged just fine so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be confused by. And there's plenty of USB-C MagSafe adapters/alternatives/bodges if it's so vitally important to you (FYI amount of times I've sent my laptops flying with USB-C leads = 0).
100% pointless, wild conjecture.
Not sure lack of improvement in a power connector is much to worry about.
If all they did was power then yeah, we could have stuck with USB micro. But they are used for all wired connectivity into the phone so they need to get better as phones abilities increase.
But are there other ways to do that unlike recharging?
So buy the right one for the Dell and it'll almost certainly work for everything else.
Yeah but there are lots of other things you can do over the cable. There are loads of music things you can do on an iPad with adapters and cables for instance.But are there other ways to do that unlike recharging?
I needed to get a photo off my phone onto my pc the other day and forgot the USB C lead detached from the charger so I emailed the photo from my phone to myself and opened it on my pc. You can't email power to yourself.
