People were upset about Apple being forced to switch to USB-C, but just look at how the market moved on without them.
Apple Lightening: 480 Mbit/s
Thunderbolt 5: 120,000 Mbit/s
Apple Lightening: 480 Mbit/s
Thunderbolt 5: 120,000 Mbit/s
They were, as far as I know, the first company to sell 27" monitors over Thunderbolt back in 2011.
So Apple has been all in on Thunderbolt for years, they just persisted with the Lightning connector on iPhones.
Phones mostly don't really make use of Thunderbolt bandwidth like laptops. They make use of the common charging standard of the USB-C connector.
I've never been a fan of the Lightning connector but given they've been making use of Thunderbolt on laptops before most vendors considered it, saying the market has moved on without them is silly.
The market moved to catch up with Apple.
I just think it's a mistake to talk about the very latest Thunderbolt 5's bandwidth vs legacy Lightning as if Apple were still promoting it.
It's like comparing Thunderbolt 5 to Firewire.
Apple are still promoting it
https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-14/6.7-inch-...
Apple also argued against EU regulation forcing USB-C adoption by the end of 2024.
> It's like comparing Thunderbolt 5 to Firewire.
I don't think it's fair to make that comparison.
Given that we're only 10 days past the end of 2024, i don't think we would have iPhones with USB-C and 'non-legacy lightening' speeds like we do today.
> saying the market has moved on without them is silly
Given they've produced nearly 2 billion phones with Lightening and are still producing/selling £1000 phones with Lightening, i don't think it's silly to say the market moved on without them.