> But even we couldn’t convince them to switch to a standard port—it took the European Parliament to force that particular change.
Anyone with a half-functioning brain knew USB-C was coming to the iPhone well before the EU decision. It's so annoying to see so many people parrot this line. Apple was one of the first to go all-in on USB-C and has been slowly expanding it to whole line. It only makes sense that the iPhone was the last to get the change.
And they said the lightning connector would be the iPhone connector for the next ten years when it launched in 2012.
IMO USB-C is just now in the last year or so truly ubiquitous and has the ecosystem to back it.
That said, it probably would’ve been accelerated if Apple made the move on the iPhone shortly after the Mac. Of course, it would’ve pissed people like my best friend off, who complained for like two years about the last iPhone connector change.
Anyone with a half-functioning brain knew USB-C was coming to the iPhone well before the EU decision. It's so annoying to see so many people parrot this line. Apple was one of the first to go all-in on USB-C and has been slowly expanding it to whole line. It only makes sense that the iPhone was the last to get the change.