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So will this one finally have USB-C charging port, allowing me to buy the phone without retrofitting my home/car/office/parents home with special charging cables just so I can charge my potential phone the same way I charge my current one?

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I'm all for being annoyed at iPhones having special connectors, but is plugging in a $10 lightning to usb in a usb port really "retrofitting"?

its not about $10 or about one-time chore. It's about having to always check if the cable you pulled up is this one or the other, where to place the adapter if I need to use the C, and so on. Having just C everywhere is convenient not because it's everywhere, but because there's nothing else.

And having to check the cable means you have now retrofitted your car?

Yes, this one might have a charging port that will require me to retrofit my home/car/office/parents home with special charging cables just so I can charge my potential phone in the same locations as my current one.

If it means that much to you, why wouldn't you just buy a phone that has a USB-C port?

Are there no options in the smartphone market?

My only phone for past 5+ years has always had USB-C port. The fact iPhones were different was the major reason I wasn't considering buying them.

And will we finally see a transfer rate higher than USB 2’s 480 Mbps? If we got 5 Gbps, I would finally be able to do local backups easily and effectively…

You will get 480 Mbps for the regular iPhone model. If you want to get the higher transfer rates afforded by USB-C, you have to upgrade to the pro model.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/28/usb-c-iphone-speeds/#:~:text=....

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