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Timbershoe t1_izwdphj wrote

Reply to comment by sarabada in Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 15 will switch to USB-C by sarabada

This has been the credible rumour for at least 6 months, prior to even the EU announcement on USB-C mandated by 2025.

Mr Kuo seems to save his predictions for things that are very obvious, and already widely discussed.

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gameleon t1_izwhkpg wrote

It was a credible rumour because Kuo was the one to drop it 7 months ago (see this tweet)

Despite the OP title, the article linked isn't about Kuo revealing "iPhone 15 will come with USB-C". That was already revealed by him months ago. It's clarifying what iPhone 15 models will use which USB-C transfer speeds etc.

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kygrtj t1_izwi8uc wrote

So basically he just waits for the most notable Apple expert to drop the news before he decides to confirm it?

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gameleon t1_izwimee wrote

I'm not sure what you mean? What notable Apple expert dropped it earlier?

Kuo was the first credible insider source to drop the rumour back in May 2022. Two days later Mark Gurman (a writer for Bloomberg who is also very credible with reports on Apple's plans) confirmed it as well in an article.

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eggimage t1_izwwvcy wrote

> Mr Kuo seems to save his predictions for things that are very obvious, and already widely discussed.

no…that couldn’t be further from truth. you probably have only heard of him in recent years and haven’t been following the leaks much. because you wouldn’t say he only predicts “obvious” things had you really been reading his notes for many years.

he has had a long history of having accurate insider information and handing out predictions in investors notes on things that were more than a year out, sometimes people even ridiculed for certain predictions he made because they seemed preposterous—certainly not “obvious” at all.

even in just recent years, he was the first to claim that apple was working on the satellite connectivity two years ago when nobody had even thought of the possibility of that. he also said that the 13” M2 MBP would keep the old form factor and only the Air would receive a new design, and everybody laughed at it saying “how would apple keep the old design for the pro model and sell it at a higher price when the air received the new design first?”, and guess what, that happens exactly like he said. there have been countless examples.

accurate leaks have already become even way harder to come by in recent years and lots fakers popped up, and what has been happening is that people confused the fake leaks for what he said, and remembered the few times he was dead wrong with his prediction.

while he is far from most accurate, he got so well known for a reason, and if he was only stating “obvious” things, people wouldn’t have cared about his notes for so many years. More people only became familiar with his name in the past few years when “apple leakers” popped up everywhere and apple started cracking down on them with full force. It was only after the Apple Watch 7 thing when almost all accurate leakers were fooled that many people began to notice the existence of these leakers and got the impression that Kuo was not credible. He has lost quite some connection for sure due to the crack down over the years, but he’s still one of the most accurate ones and an actual analyst.

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