USB-C is better in the long run, but that doesn't make it better now.
It's not going to "get better" later. They already have Lightning chargers, cables, and accessories now, and they will still have them three years from now too, as long as new iPhone models continue to use Lightning ports. They have to buy new everything at some point, unless Apple starts releasing iPhones with both Lightning and USB-C ports, and then does an actual transition of introducing new accessories slowly that are USB-C. Fat chance on that.
You’re probably right. Yes, it means you cannot do a “hard reset” and plug it into a computer to fix it, etc. But almost all people never do that anyway. The rest of my family only ever plugs their phones in for charging or headphones. Any emergencies, take it into Apple for servicing, I guess.
That's really not how it works. We’ve seen it before, when iPhones went from the “Dock connector” to Lightning. When Macs went to Firewire, and then to Thunderbolt. They will not have two ports.
And I never said USB-C will “get better.” My point is that it will be a better business decision later. When? Well, since the premise I offered is that people have Lightning already, and not USB-C and since it is well-understood that more people are getting more USB-C devices every ye
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Most customers want to keep the same connector, because they already have chargers and cables, and sometimes even accessories, for it.
USB-C is better in the long run, but that doesn't make it better now.
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USB-C is better in the long run, but that doesn't make it better now.
It's not going to "get better" later. They already have Lightning chargers, cables, and accessories now, and they will still have them three years from now too, as long as new iPhone models continue to use Lightning ports. They have to buy new everything at some point, unless Apple starts releasing iPhones with both Lightning and USB-C ports, and then does an actual transition of introducing new accessories slowly that are USB-C. Fat chance on that.
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It's much more likely that Apple will go completely wireless, so as to not have their perfect edges marred by ports.
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You’re probably right. Yes, it means you cannot do a “hard reset” and plug it into a computer to fix it, etc. But almost all people never do that anyway. The rest of my family only ever plugs their phones in for charging or headphones. Any emergencies, take it into Apple for servicing, I guess.
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That's really not how it works. We’ve seen it before, when iPhones went from the “Dock connector” to Lightning. When Macs went to Firewire, and then to Thunderbolt. They will not have two ports.
And I never said USB-C will “get better.” My point is that it will be a better business decision later. When? Well, since the premise I offered is that people have Lightning already, and not USB-C and since it is well-understood that more people are getting more USB-C devices every ye