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It's very valid criticism. I was hoping that with the move to Qi for wireless, Apple would also move to USB-C for wired charging. It's ridiculous that you can buy a new iPhone and a new Macbook pro and they need a USB to lightning adapter to connect to each other.

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It's pretty silly, Apple used to pay attention to details like this. But, how often do people plug their phones into their computers these days? Speaking for myself, it's probably been a couple of years since I last did that.

I do so when I need to charge it anywhere outside home. I don't bring a power adapter, just the cable.

Also, for those who have USB-C laptops, it would mean one-cable to rule them all -- even if they don't plug the phone into the laptop itself.

I do it every day to transfer photos, update calendars, etc. - the wireless sync is very unreliable.

I do it to use the iPhone personal hotspot via wire instead of wifi because it has better latency, especially if the wifi enviroment is crowded.

> It's very valid criticism. I was hoping that with the move to Qi for wireless, Apple would also move to USB-C for wired charging.

I imagine they're hoping to get rid of the charging port altogether, so don't see the point of changing now. I would prefer one standard also though. That said, I imagine this is some time off, given Qi's charging speeds.

It is not valid, most people who will buy the iPhone 8 will have USB-A.

That said, they should give you a choice of cables.

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