Guo Mingxuan: It has been confirmed that the USB-C interface will be completely replaced on the new iPhone next year, but it is still "accurate"

With Apple's latest iPad giving up its ancestral Lighting interface, only iPhone is still equipped with this interface under Apple. However, from the perspective of the mandatory unification of Type-C interface by the European Union some time ago, iPhone can not be spared. Guo Mingxuan, a well-known Apple analyst, officially confirmed this in the latest disclosure.

Guo Mingxuan wrote that the wired transmission speed of the new high-end iPhone 2H23 may be significantly improved, which is conducive to the growth of high-speed transmission IC design industry. Apple's existing suppliers are expected to be the leading beneficiaries. According to my latest survey, all new 2H23 iPhones have abandoned Lighting and changed to USB-C. However, only two high-end iPhones 15 (15Pro& 15Pro Max) are equipped with wired high-speed transmission specifications, and the wired transmission speed specifications of two standard iPhones 15 (15& 15Plus) are still the same as Lightning (USB2.0). This shows that although Apple may completely replace the USB-C interface on its new iPhone next year, it will still distinguish the transmission speed according to the different positioning, which can be said to be "knife precision".

As for why Apple completely abandoned the Lighting interface, an analyst previously said that, on the one hand, since the EU has passed the General Charging Solution Act, all kinds of mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras and other electronic devices sold in the EU must use the Type-C charging interface uniformly from 2024, which means that if the new iPhone is to be sold in Europe in the future, it must use the Type-C interface. In addition, users' complaints may also be one of the reasons for changing the interface. Because the interface is not universal, many iPhone users encounter considerable trouble when they need to temporarily charge outdoors.

Some insiders said that the replacement of Apple's interface may cause losses of up to billions of dollars, but under the requirements of policy and public opinion, Apple, which has always been arrogant, seems to have to give in.

The above is the specific content about the replacement of the USB-C interface for the new iPhone next year. In fact, this message has been generally confirmed before, but according to the content of Guo Mingyong's post, it seems that this is not so simple, and even will be differentiated as the processor.