Tuesday October 25, 2022 8:03 p.m. PDT by Sami Fathi
Apple's vice president of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak, contiguous said that Apple volition person to determination to USB-C connected iPhone and its remaining devices that inactive person a Lightning connector successful bid to comply with caller EU rules.
Speaking astatine the Wall Street Journal's Tech Live event, Joswiak, besides known arsenic Joz, said that Apple yet respects the determination made by the EU to mandate a communal charger crossed user physics devices. "We'll person to comply," Joz said, indirectly confirming Apple volition determination to USB-C successful the future.
USB-C volition person to beryllium the communal larboard crossed a wide scope of user physics devices, including the iPhone and AirPods, by the extremity of 2024, according to the rules enactment guardant by the EU. Apple is reportedly testing iPhone 15 models with a USB-C port.
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