For years we have witnessed how Manzana has controlled the rules of its own consumer market for products and accessories with the iPhone line of smartphones.
On more than one occasion, the boys from Cupertino have been harshly criticized for the fact that their smartphones do not integrate the latest hardware, although their price remains high.
We have the clearest example with the iPhone 13, which integrates exactly the same photographic sensor in the rear camera as 6 years ago. Something that could finally change in the next model, if no more problems arise.
Not to mention another factor that has been highly questioned, in relation to its accessories, where they have remained attached to the use of exclusive cables with proprietary connectors, such as Lightning.
What has forced millions of users to exclusively use this type of technology, more expensive and not necessarily more efficient for loading times.
The European Union puts a stop to Apple and they must change to the iPhone
In September 2021 we witnessed the launch of a project for a historic regulation promoted by the European Union. Where they sought to promote the establishment of USB-C as the new mandatory fixed standard for all smart devices on the market.
This type of connector has circulated in the market since 2015 and in all this type it has proven to be tremendously efficient and a perfect candidate to become a universal cable that will eliminate once and for all this mob of accessories with proprietary ports.
But Apple with its Lightning port remained firm in its dynamic. Until it is June 2022, when the European Union (EU) finally reached an agreement, published in its official Web sitewhich will make the use of charging via USB-C ports and cables a requirement for iPhones and all other mobile phones in the third quarter of 2024.
In other words, Apple will be forced to change its usual charger and ports for charging its smartphones within a couple of years.
This change, officially and initially, would be imposed only for the nations that make up the European Union. But the background of this regulation represents the prelude for more similar projects to emerge.
Similarly, reports have been circulating for years that Apple was already preparing the transition to this port. So there is a high chance that the migration to the use of USB-C ports will be global.