It is not one of those big leaks that Jon Prosser is spoiling us, but the data that the Fudge filter brings us from his Twitter is important. According to him, the next range of iPhone that we will see presented in September or October will continue to have a Lightning port and will not make a move to a USB-C port.
Apparently there was a series of prototypes of iPhone 12 with USB-C, but they have been discarded and do not go into the mass production phase. Yes they do the prototypes with Lightning port, which indicates that we will continue to have this port of loading and data transfer for at least another year. It coincides with what was said by Prosser in the past, who also bets on the continuity of the Lightning port.
The iPhone of 2021, without port and with Smart Connector
The important change in this aspect we will see in the iPhone of 2021, according to Fudge’s tweet. It will have no ports, charging exclusively wirelessly. If you need to transfer data to a Mac, it would have to be done through a Wi-Fi network since using a cable would be physically impossible. It remains to be seen how the European Union will react in this regard.
What those “iPhone 13” would carry would be a Smart Connector, which would help in some way with the connection to other devices or with some accessories. Until now, this type of connector has only been present in the iPad Pro, and today they are used to connect the Smart Keyboard Folio and the Magic Keyboard. Various possibilities open up when you put it on a phone… so bets are accepted.