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USB-C now mandatory on all mobile devices from December 28, 2024! Worry for Apple?
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USB-C now mandatory on all mobile devices from December 28, 2024! Worry for Apple?

[ad_1] USB-C port is now mandatory on all mobile devices starting December 28 in the EU. Here are all the details. USB-C becomes mandatory on all mobile devices in the EU starting late 2024. The decision was already floating and it is now official. Starting December 24, 2024, all mobile devices sold in the EU countries need to have a common charging port, which is the USB-C port. That may not be big news for Android based manufacturers but it is certainly something for Apple. Other than the USB-C port, the regulation also mandates USB Power Delivery on several devices.Under the eligible mobile device, the product categories included are phones, tablets, cameras, pair of headphones and earbuds, headsets, handheld videogame consoles, portable speakers, e-readers, keyboards, mouse, and p...
Big Move! Apple Will Roll Out iPhone USB-C Charger
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Big Move! Apple Will Roll Out iPhone USB-C Charger

[ad_1] Apple Inc. will need to comply with a European Union law to switch the iPhone to a USB-C charger, marketing chief Greg Joswiak said. Apple Inc. will need to comply with a European Union law to switch the iPhone to a USB-C charger, marketing chief Greg Joswiak said on Tuesday. Joswiak said that the company will comply as it does with other laws. He declined to specify when the iPhone may get the charger to replace Lightning. He made the comments at a Wall Street Journal conference in Laguna Beach, California. He said Apple and the EU had been at odds over chargers for a decade, recalling how European authorities once wanted Apple to adopt Micro-USB. He said that neither Lightning -- the current iPhone charging port -- nor the now-ubiquitous USB-C would have been invented if...