DanielPhermous t1_irq37cu wrote on October 10, 2022 at 4:19 AM

Reply to comment by ERRORMONSTER in Apple could bring USB-C to AirPods and Mac accessories by 2024 by athin_explorer

Charging is not the only issue, though. People need to get tremendously huge video files off their phones these days.

ERRORMONSTER t1_irq55gv wrote on October 10, 2022 at 4:40 AM

As long as it doesn't charge by cable, then they can freely use a lightning cable to transfer files. That just makes the second option more likely.

Or honestly, gigabit is pretty standard now for wireless

DanielPhermous t1_irqabf9 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:40 AM

Gigabit is pretty standard in the US, probably mostly among computer geeks like us. It is not standard everywhere in the world, nor among the non-computer savvy.

ERRORMONSTER t1_irr626i wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:41 PM

Same goes for USB-C, honestly. Gigabit is more accessible since it's been a standard for longer.

[deleted] t1_irqwyq1 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 11:04 AM

>People need to get tremendously huge video files off their phones these days.

I don't know of anyone doing this manually anymore, it's all done through the cloud.

DanielPhermous t1_irqymxo wrote on October 10, 2022 at 11:24 AM

It's a niche. People who take photos in HDR and video in 4K 60fps or whatever it goes up to. Anything short of a cable is just too damned slow.

But Apple has an iPhone Pro and this is a pro use, so we need the port to support it.