Why is the iPhone 13 still Lightning? (September 29, 2021)-Excite News

Many of you must have said, "Oh, I'm disappointed."

In the past few years, every time a new iPhone is announced, it is equipped with a USB Type-C terminal. Even with the iPhone 13, the long-awaited theory did not come true, and the Lightning cable was still used. On the other hand, the iPad mini announced at the same time firmly supports USB Type-C. Furthermore, on the 23rd of last week, a bill was announced in the EU to unify the terminals of charging devices for smartphones and tablets to Type-C, and the issue of "What will happen to Lightning?" suddenly became a hot topic.

Why is the iPhone 13 series still with the Lightning cable?

While most smartphones from other companies now use Type-C, Apple has adopted Lightning this time as well. You might think that Apple is stubborn or that Apple doesn't like Type-C, but it is said that Type-C was born at Apple's request.

Because many Apple engineers participated in the planning members of Type-C, which consists of multiple companies.

The Verge said, ``Apple has assigned 18 engineers to help develop the Type-C specification.This number is second only to Intel, which has 24 participants, followed by Microsoft with 16 and Google with 10. People, compared to Dell's five and HP's six, it's a large family." In addition, Type-C has the same reversible specifications as Lightning, has a similar size, and has similar functions to Thunderbolt, so the view that ``Is this a reflection of Apple's opinion?'' has spread. It seems that.