Japhey

JMaille said:

Seriously! WTF!  People complain the iPhone has a Lightning port and that's just to force people to buy cables.  They change the port because of a short sighted EU law and people are still complaining.  Seriously, why do people hate on Apple so much?  If you don't like Apple or their products DON'T BUY THEM.

And if you consider yourself a journalist don't whine about the products they sell like you're some consumer advocate that cares about people when all you really care about is getting clicks by bashing every last thing Apple does.

robin huber said:

I volunteer twice a week at my local State Park doing native plant restoration work in the field and nursery. Involves a lot of grubbing around in dirt and chopping through invasive plants. The iPhone in my pants pocket regularly gets tiny seeds, sand grains, and other debris in the Lightning port. I have accumulated a small arsenal of specialized tools to remove it. Hoping USB-C will make it better, or at least not worse. I know I could buy an expensive Otterbox type of protective case, but don’t want to have that on the other 90% of the time. A small easily removable plastic port plug would be great, but haven’t found one. 

mattinoz said:

bageljoey said:

I’m just curious. If the Qi2 standard was based in part on MagSafe and if iPhone15 is MagSafe and Qi2 compatible, why wouldn’t Old MagSafe iPhones also be fully comparable?  Do the magnet circles not match?

Assuming the Phone knows Magsafe vs Qi based on some connection handshake. Then it would seem like Apple could have a software update learn the Qi2 handshake and use the same charging speed as Magsafe.