The iPhone 15 series is widely rumored to come with a USB Type-C port, even more so after Apple CEO Greg Joswiak confirmed that the company will embrace USB-C, ditching its Lightning port . And now we have some fresh information about the data transfer speeds because of this and how Apple might be planning to choose two types of USB-C ports.
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Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed that Apple may use a high-speed USB-C port for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models. This can be either USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3. (4/7)2H23 new high-end iPhone's wired transfer speed is likely to be significantly improved, which favors the growth of the high-speed transfer IC design industry. Apple's existing suppliers (eg Parade, Asmedia, Genesys Logic, Renesas, etc.) are expected to be leading beneficiaries.— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) November 17, 2022
(4/7)2H23 new high-end iPhone's wired transmission speed is likely to improve significantly, which favors the growth of the high-speed transmission IC design industry. Apple's existing suppliers (eg Parade, Asmedia, Genesys Logic, Renesas, etc.) are expected to be leading beneficiaries.— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) November 17, 2022
For the vanilla iPhone 15 and possible iPhone 15 Plus, there may be a USB 2.0, which will have data transfer speeds similar to the Lightning port. Although the iPhone 15 Pro models are said to see a significant speed bump, up to 40 Gbps.
