iPhones will get USB-C charging after Apple says it will have to comply with EU law

Apple volition person to comply with a European Union instrumentality that mandates physics devices person a communal charging modular — known arsenic USB-C — the company's selling main confirmed.

"Obviously we'll person to comply," Greg Joswiak, Apple's elder vice president of worldwide marketing, said astatine the Wall Street Journal Tech Live league connected Tuesday.

On Monday, ministers from EU subordinate states gave the last support to the communal charger instrumentality which means that by 2024, physics devices including mobile phones and tablets volition request to enactment USB-C charging.

The European Council's stamp of support comes aft different EU legislative bodies voted successful favour of the law which has been astir 10 years successful the making.

Apple's iPhone uses its proprietary Lightning charger. Under upcoming EU law, the iPhone would request to enactment USB-C.

Joswiak did not accidental erstwhile Apple would present USB-C to its flagship smartphone but it would request to hap by 2024.

Analysts antecedently told CNBC that iPhones scheduled to beryllium released successful 2023 could beryllium equipped with USB-C charging and that Apple is apt to present the modular globally, not conscionable successful the European Union.

EU lawmakers reason the rules volition trim wastage arsenic consumers bash not request to bargain a caller charger each clip they acquisition a device. The EU said that this volition trim accumulation and the disposal of caller chargers.

Joswiak took a swipe astatine the EU for the charging law, admitting that the 2 sides person been successful a "little spot of a disagreement."

"We deliberation the attack would person been amended environmentally and amended for our customers to not person a authorities beryllium that prescriptive," Joswiak said.