Serious question how long until they drop the port full stop? Like what if they achieve serious wireless charging speeds
And actually does anyone know if that’s allowed with these new regulations? Like what if the iPhone 16 they drop it entirely???
Yes the wording of the law is:
> In so far as they are capable of being recharged by means of wired charging, the categories or classes of radio equipment referred to in point 1 of this Part shall: [ Legalese way of saying USB-C charging ]
So if a device has no power ports it's fine
Wireless charging was considered for standardization in the early stages of the law (preparation, it never made it into a draft iirc) but the landscape was still too much in flux for a similar regulation to make sense, they'll revisit it in 2026
What do you mean by this? All iPhone models currently sold by Apple (except for the SE model) have magsafe and wireless charging by default.
They could also just have a non-charging Lightning port on the phones and say screw you to the EU :P
Small, non-charging port? (Not Lightning. Smaller.) Or just a sealed device that needs non-contact diagnostics. If the EU pushes back, they can make one that’s used serviceable but floods. Maybe that’s a valid marker niche.
I rarely even think about charging it anymore.
The solution is just to remember to put your phone back on your wireless charger and it will be fully charged at all times. Maybe there's some truth to it, but not everyone can remember to put their phone down the same place at all times.
Maybe it’s an Android /iPhone thing. MagSafe, specifically, has made a fundamental change to this. The phone lines up satisfyingly with its charger.
My smartphone charges while I am asleep. I can't see a good reason to charge a phone during the day unless you are using gps navigation all day. That is the only usagr that drain battery a lot. But in this case that is usually because you are driving so the phone can be plugged easily.
Probably in 2 years if it allows a loophole where a proprietary $100 charger works better than generic.
Their stance on this issue has shown that dongleification design culture has won over user experience design culture within the Apple walls.
The argument was that this technology is not yet mature enough to standardize and should be allowed extra time to develop further.
They remarked that in the future additional laws may be introduced if required.
This was a clear warning directed at the industry (read Apple) to find a common solution for wireless charging without additional regulations.
If they are unable to do so the EU is ready for round two.
People queue for hours, a tragic waste of festival time.
Wireless pads would make charging times longer and hence the queues too.
Camping / trekking you still want cables for speed of charge
Back when I went to such things nobody carried around cellphones and didn’t have any less of an experience.
We even had plans like “if anyone gets separated we’ll all meet up at the beer tent” because nobody wants to get left a couple hours from home because they didn’t pay attention to where the car was parked.
Kids these days…
Some people that go to festivals or concerts take pictures so I guess for them a bad camera is better than no camera.
(People can obviously do whatever they want. I simply find that someone degrading their experience so they can take photos of some festival that probably has zillions of higher quality stills and footage online hard to understand.)
If Apple ever revives AirPower then I could see them removing the charging port on lower tier models but Pros would definitely need it.