Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Will Support High Data Transfer Speeds Via USB-C
iPhone & USB-C
Greg “Joz” Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, recently stated in an interview that Apple will have to comply with the EU’s mandate regarding the support of USB-C for all electronic devices after December 31st, 2024. In practice, this EU directive makes it mandatory for smartphone manufacturers to include USB-C port as the proprietary charging port for smartphone if they support wired charging. This is valid for all smartphones sold in the EU only, but. it seems unlikely for Apple to release USB-C iPhones in the EU and Lighting elsewhere.
Unless Apple ditches the charging port entirely and offers wireless-charging-only iPhones, all iPhone released as of January 1st, 2025 need to have a USB-C port. Ming Chi Kuo claims that Apple will complete the transition from Lightning to USB-C port next year. The iPhone 15 lineup is expected to support USB-C, according to his prediction. However, there will still be some differences between the two pro and the two non-pro iPhones.
iPhone 15 Models Data Transfer Speed
Ming Chi Kuo reports that the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max will be supporting at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3. USB 3.2 data transfer speeds range from 5gbps till 20gbps depending on the USB 3.2 variation. Thunderbolt supports data transfer speeds of up to 40gbps which is blazing fast but perhaps necessary for users that shoot video in ProRes through their iPhone. These files are enormous and transferring them through the current USB 2.0 data speeds simply takes too much time.
The iPhone 15 and the iPhone 15 Plus will be offering USB 2.0 support, which practically means that Apple will maintain the current data transfer speeds to the non pro iPhone 15 models. USB 2.0 offers a transfer rate of about 480Mbps which means that there will be a big step up in the pro iPhones. Perhaps higher speeds will not be required in the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, considering that Apple will reserve RAW photos and ProRes video for the pro iPhone 15’s. The files in the entry level iPhones will not be large enough to require the faster and more expensive (affecting also pricing) USB ports.
Eventually, if the rumours prove to be correct, iPhone users would be benefitted from the transition to USB-C not only due to the convenience of using a single cable to charge most of their Apple devices, but also because of the higher data transfer speeds.
