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iPhone 15 may have USB-C, but iPhone 17 will have to have it

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December 2022

A portless iPhone is not an option. Any iOS app developer needs a physical port to debug/test his developed iOS app. So there will be an iPhone woth an USB-C port

Greg Joswiak confirms iPhone's future move to USB-C

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October 2022

Anilu_777 said:

I thought they had until 2024?

There is a rumor that Apple engineers wanted to move to USB-C only on all iApple devices, but that Apple was waiting for the EU decision, as it helps to sell the idea to the market. So once the decision by the EU was made, Apple is full steaming ahead with a USB-C iPhone.

Compared: Apple 2022 iPhone SE vs Google Pixel 6a

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August 2022

blastdoor said:

foregoneconclusion said:

The conceit of this article is that it claims the processing advantage for the iPhone isn't important because "you're getting a smartphone that can more than handle most tasks a user may present it in either case" while also proceeding to claim that the difference in cameras and displays are important simply because of the spec difference. The reality is that the "handle most tasks" dismissal is equally true for the cameras/displays too.

I was also struck the offhand dismissal of a 66% CPU performance advantage.

I can imagine that potential customer for such devices, are using their smartphone mainly for browsing, taking pictures and interacting with social media. For such use the performance of CPU of both devices is excellent. I don't mind if something takes 0.15 sec or 0.20 sec, i won't notice the difference

If I am using my smartphone a lot for heavy workloads (video editing, top games, ...), I would not look at both devices, I would buy a flagship. So indeed in a comparison between the iPhone SE and the Google Pixel 6a the performance is not the top priority.

I dare even say that for the market that both devices are targeting, the screen size is really important and there the Pixel 6a wins clearly.

EU accuses Apple of breaking antitrust laws with Apple Pay [u]

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May 2022

sflocal said:

avon b7 said:

teejay2012 said:

Apple Pay will remain my payment system regardless. I changed banks when first introduced because 'my' bank was slow to bring it on, as it considered how much it would cost it, rather than how much I would like it. I would change again if any bank forced me to use 'their' method. Earlier as many companies tried to get into the NFC payment systems, it was clear that what they really wanted is to track us and less so the small additional cost to Apple. No thanks... banks. Opening the NFC to others may be a security issue, I have read. I do not understand what it is with EU regulatory bodies on this and the App Store. The EU is ahead of the world on privacy regulations yet seem to target US companies for thin rationales that turn out to not have legal merit aka Irish tax ruling in 2020. If I was cynical, I would say this is about money from fines and trying to level the competition field for non innovative EU companies.

There are plenty of innovative EU companies and plenty of unicorns too but what good is it to be innovative and want to offer a wallet solution if the platform where you could deploy it reserves the NFC hardware for itself and in doing so limits competition.

You say you are against being forced to use 'their' solution by a company yet that is exactly what Apple is on the hook for here.

Irrelevant. iPhone is a toaster. A sealed end-to-end solution. Developers and banks are not Apple's customers. People that buy iPhones are Apple's customers, and most of us buy into Apple's ecosystem because Apple is the gatekeeper. There is choice and competition already, but folks like you continuously tip-toe over it. You want that kind of openness - as usual - BUY AN ANDROID PHONE!

Only a vocal, loud, whining minority are raising a stink and they are not customers. They are corporations, and sketchy developers that want to ride the coattails of Apple's work. They know that there is no money to be made on Android, and iPhone users is where the money is at. It's not about "competition". NFC does not "require" that everyone have access to that technology on every product.

Get over yourself.

You may assume that only the end users are the customers of Apple, but that is not how Apple sees it (looking at the efforts to sell iPhone/iPad/macs to the enterprise), not how the EU sees it and not how the app developers see it.

The EU want a competitive playing field, so that app developers can compete on merit and continue to innovate. Apple is not the sole provider of innovation and of security. The EU wants Apple to open access to the NFC chip. This has nothing to do with security as Apple claims. The NFC protocol is standardized. Apple allows connection to NFC for mass transit solutions but not for banking solutions; there is no logical reason for this but anti-competitive behavior.

With the exception of games apps, there is little money to be made by app developers on IOS alone or on Android alone. App developers cannot neglect a large portion of the potential customer base (iOS or Android). I am an non game app developer and making an app available on both platforms costs me only 30% more than making it single platform, with about 80% more revenue.