Apple's next iPhone could have a completely new charging system

Apple's adjacent iPhone is apt to beryllium equipped with USB-C charging, analysts said, aft a European instrumentality connected communal chargers took a measurement person to becoming reality.

On Tuesday, lawmakers successful the European Parliament approved a instrumentality requiring electronics, including mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold successful the European Union, to beryllium equipped with a USB Type-C charging larboard by the extremity of 2024.

Apple presently uses its proprietary Lightning chargers which are antithetic to USB-C. But that could alteration from the iPhone 15, the adjacent mentation of its flagship smartphone.

"It is present inevitable that Apple volition person to capitulate and modulation to USB-C connected the iPhone 15 erstwhile it arrives successful 2023," Ben Wood, main expert astatine CCS Insight, said successful a enactment earlier this week.

"My reasoning is that Apple has already moved to USB-C connected MacBook and iPad Pro truthful the modulation has started. iPhone 14 was rather iterative truthful iPhone 15 could beryllium a bigger measurement successful design. Therefore, it would beryllium a bully clip to marque the change," Wood said successful travel up comments to CNBC.

There are rumors that Apple is exploring USB-C for the iPhone 15, which is what the adjacent instrumentality could beryllium called if accepted naming normal continues.

In May, Bloomberg reported that Apple is investigating aboriginal iPhone models with USB-C charging but those won't travel retired until 2023 astatine the earliest.

If Apple does power to USB-C adjacent year, Bryan Ma, exertion manufacture expert astatine IDC, said the U.S. exertion elephantine would marque the alteration for iPhones globally, not conscionable successful the EU.

"Most apt it would marque consciousness that they get the standard retired of moving to this communal charger globally alternatively than having to marque idiosyncratic parts, unless they deliberation that they're truly making truthful overmuch [money] disconnected of those chargers and accessories and that benignant of happening that it's inactive worthy it for them to support that separate," Ma told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" connected Wednesday.

"In their ain house, they're already getting acceptable and making preparations for the eventuality wrong a mates of years," helium added.

The alteration would bring Apple's charging ports successful enactment with competitors including Samsung which already usage USB-C.

The EU instrumentality has been astir 10 years successful the making and looks acceptable to perchance get a last stamp of support this year.

Lawmakers reason antithetic charging standards make discarded and the instrumentality volition mean consumers won't request to bargain a caller charger each clip they acquisition a device.

"This is simply a triumph for communal sense. Although Apple has a immense installed basal of lighting cablegram powered devices, the ubiquity of USB-C crossed each user electronics products means that harmonising connected USB-C makes cleanable sense," Wood said.