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56 Apple is preparing to unveil its adjacent procreation of devices this fall, and the high-end iPhone 15 models volition reportedly diagnostic immoderate large changes.
The institution has utilized its proprietary Lightning charger for iPhones since 2012, but the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus volition beryllium compatible with USB-C charging, according to a study from Bloomberg. The study said the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models volition besides diagnostic titanium edges alternatively of stainless steel. That whitethorn assistance marque those phones a spot lighter.
USB-C is utilized by astir modern gadgets, from Android phones and tablets to astir of Apple's iPads and immoderate of Amazon's Kindle eReaders. It means you'll beryllium capable to transportation 1 charger that volition enactment with each of your devices.
Ministers from EU subordinate states gave final approval to a communal charger instrumentality precocious past year, which means that by 2024, physics devices — including mobile phones and tablets — volition request to enactment USB-C charging. In different words, Apple's Lightning charger volition nary longer chopped it successful immoderate markets.
"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 successful Oct. 2022.
Apple is besides considering raising the terms of its high-end iPhone Pros, according to Bloomberg. Since 2019, the institution has sold a high-end iPhone Pro that starts successful the U.S. astatine $999 and a Max exemplary with a bigger surface that starts astatine $1,099.
Apple did not instantly respond to CNBC's petition for comment.
