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<\/p>\nGADGET obsessives can get wound up about anything \u2013 even cables.<\/p>\n
This week, Apple decided to bin the old Lightning charging port from the new iPhone 15 and swap it out for something much better.<\/p>\n
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Critics will moan about the fact that you can\u2019t use your old Lightning cables in the new USB-C port (without an adapter, anyway).<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a bit like complaining that your new smart TV won\u2019t take DVDs. The world has moved on, right?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m going to do my best to convince you that your old Lightning cables need to go the way of the dodo.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time for a brighter USB-C future. Join me in this utopia.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve used any electronics in the last decade, you\u2019ll know that USB is a type of connector.<\/p>\n
Well USB-C is also a type of connector, but newer, better, smaller, faster and much less ugly.<\/p>\n
USB-C dates back to 2014 and is now widely used for charging gadgets and transferring data.<\/p>\n
The port is very common on modern Android phones, and now regularly appears in cars, on computers and on consumer tech generally.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s even one built into the wall of the hotel room where I\u2019m writing this article.<\/p>\n Apple has also adopted USB-C across its iPad and MacBook models<\/span> in recent years.<\/p>\n In fact, there\u2019s every chance you have a few of these cables at home already.<\/p>\n Now Lightning ports \u2013 which first appeared in 2012 \u2013 have finally been scrapped from the iPhone too. About time. USB-C arrives in their stead.<\/p>\n You know that drawer full of myriad cables you have at home?<\/p>\n Well that\u2019s going to keep growing, only now it\u2019s going to be full of the same beautiful cable: USB-C.<\/p>\n Isn\u2019t that a nice<\/span> thought? That all of your gadgets in the future will all plug in using the same cable?<\/p>\n Android and iPhone fans can come together in a glorious cable unison like never before.<\/p>\n Your iPhone can run on the same cable that was just powering up your MacBook \u2013 and maybe even your PlayStation DualSense controller or beloved novelty desk fan.<\/p>\n It sounds impossible. It feels like only yesterday that all gadget makers had their own unique cable for every single product.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve still got cupboards full of strange cables whose origins escape me.<\/p>\n Naturally I fear throwing them away in case I need to plug in a long-forgotten laptop from 2008.<\/p>\n That cursed cable-swamp of a life will soon be a strange and distant memory as everything plugs from USB-C port to USB-C port and back again.<\/p>\n Plus even if you are angry about all of this, the ire shouldn't be directed at Apple. They didn\u2019t really have a choice.<\/p>\n Last year the EU approved a law that forces gadget makers to feature USB-C on their new products.<\/p>\n So Apple would have had to make the change from 2024 anyway.<\/p>\n Sure, it will create some e-waste in the near future.<\/p>\n But the EU rightly reckons that it will reduce e-waste in the long term.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll be able to tell your grandchildren about the selfless deed of buying an iPhone 15 and saving the planet. Not all heroes wear capes.<\/p>\n USB-C also has some technical advantages over Lightning.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JB-COMP-POND-TRAGEDY.jpg\")
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