I have to use the iPhone, USB-C finally compatible?EU moves to unify charging standards

Is the day covered with cables end or?

Until now, the EU (European Union) has been aiming to share various devices charging standards.Last week, the EU announced a bill to enforce USB-C as the only standard for all smartphones and some gadgets.

EU policy with a common standard of USB-C

There are four points in the bill.One is to use USB-C as a "common port" so that any device can be charged "regardless of device or brand".The second is prohibited from intentionally restricting the charging speed.Third, when I bought a device, I almost always had a charging cable, but separate it.Fourth is the obligation to provide information, such as charging performance and the presence or absence of quick charging function.

According to the European Commission, the EU sold 420 million smartphones in 2020, and all consumers have three chargers.Among them, 11,000 tons are discarded as garbage every year.Looking around your gadget, even if you only have A and C in USB, you need an ordinary USB-A-TO-USB-C or USB-C-TO-USB-A adapter, but Lightning.It is necessary to use USB-A-TO-LIGHTNING and USB-C-TO Lightning, and the computer desks and bags are full of cables.If all of them are unified to USB-C, I feel that the device area seems to be quite refreshing.

According to the EU bill, USB-C will be a standard charging port of all smartphones, tablets, cameras, headphones, and speakers.If this is approved by the European Parliament, companies must complete their response within 24 months.That said, Android smartphones have used USB-C for a long time, and the main problem is how Apple works.

Apple that sticks to Lightning on iPhone

Apple says in a statement published here and there.

This reaction is as expected.Until now, Apple has denied it, such as inconvenience, innovation, and waste, such as EU's movements that are trying to standardize charging standards.Nevertheless, Apple has also introduced USB-C on iPad, and MacBook is also crazy.But recently, there are rumors about MAGSAFE's revival on MacBook, and it is difficult to predict in the future, but according to a famous Apple Watcher Bloomberg Reporter, the USB-C port will remain.Nevertheless, for iPhone, Apple has used only Lightning.

On the other hand, the European Parliament does not accept Apple's claim.

MARGRETHE VESTAGER, an executive vice president of the European Parliament, says."The industry has given enough time to devise a solution. The machine is ripe for legislation of common chargers."

For the chance of completely wirelessness?

If this bill passes, Apple may have to use USB-C on the iPhone.Or somewhere, it may come back.As THE VERGE pointed out, the European Parliament's proposal only mentioned the wired charging, so wireless charging does not affect the basics like a smartwatch.In the case of wearable devices, there is a side that is too small to use USB-C charging parts, so it is difficult to standardize.

… That means that although the rumor that the iPhone 13 will be no ports, Apple may move in the direction of eliminating wired charging around iPhone 14 or 15.Or, the adapter may be solved, as the EU has sold a Lightning-to-MicroUSB adapter when the EU pushed MicroUSB in 2009.Whether the number of adapters in everyone's house will increase, whether the cable will decrease as the EU aims, or will it go in the direction where the wired charging itself is gone.