Report of Drive House
There have been many news showing that Apple wants to enable the USB-C interface on the iPhone 15, and it should be relatively stable now.
The latest news from Apple’s upstream suppliers shows that the iPhone 15 will use USB-C interface, and many suppliers who do MFi certified Lightning data lines have gone out of business.
The news also mentioned that 80% of MFi-certified Lightning data line suppliers will be closed, and some will either transform or follow Apple to make new data lines.
To summarize the current situation, the USB-C interface used by the iPhone 15 Pro series will not have any shrinkage and restrictions on data transmission, while the iPhone 15 ordinary version series, the transmission of data is limited, may be at most the level of USB 2.0.
Some industry insiders said that even if the iPhone 15 uses the USB-C interface, don’t be happy too early, under the iOS closed system, Apple will have more ways to make money, and the pit of 5 billion annual expenses is to be filled.
In addition, a senior person engaged in investment banking business said that if the domestic electronic equipment charging interface standards are unified and the market popularity of single charging interfaces is accelerated, the production costs of connector and cable manufacturers will be reduced, and may trigger a surge in market demand for single charging interfaces, and connector cable manufacturers will also usher in the golden period of shipments, which is good for connector and cable manufacturers; At the same time, due to the unified charging interface standard, the domestic consumer electronics industry will achieve a wider scale development.
Post time: Nov-21-2022