• Introversion@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      They absolutely, positively, 100% are true. I know this because for several years I’d been patiently not replacing my aging iPhone 7 until I could buy a model with USB-C and consolidate my device cables. Until this year, when its battery was finally dying literally ten minutes after unplugging it, and I bought an iPhone 14.

      You’re welcome. 😅

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        I have two wireless chargers, they’re cheap and allow me to never have to plug mine in, ever. I think I have the 11

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          They are slower, produce more heat, and waste more energy. Not to mention the fact that you’re actually more constrained on where you put the phone, you can’t pick it up to use it while it continues charging. Wireless charging is worse than almost every way, save for the magsafe mounting system they developed. I’ll give them credit, that’s pretty handy, but in general I don’t understand this push for wireless charging

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            MagSafe wireless chargers definitely let you pick them up and use the phone like you would when it’s plugged it. Wireless charging certainly has its drawbacks, but constrained usage seems like an odd angle.

            For instance, a few months before my most recent trip I bought a nifty MagSafe battery pack from Anker that also came with a travel stand I could set up in my hotel room. I could let my phone sit on the stand or I could slide the battery pack out and use it like I normally would. It reminds me of the days where I could just swap my cell phones batteries.

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              I have the same setup for about a year, even bought a mag safe case for my pixel when I switched to GrapheneOS so I could keep using it. Portable batteries and charging mounts are great and all, but having a mag safe cable is totally pointless. It’s still charges more slowly, produces more heat, and is less efficient. If you’re going to be constrained by a wire you might as well just plug straight in

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            I use my phone while it’s charging most of the time. For that reason alone, wireless charging has zero appeal to me. Could be cool on a car though.

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      I think the chances of that are pretty solid, but it will apparently still be USB 2.0 speeds.

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        To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I used the lightning plug to transfer any data, so it’s not a current feature I will miss. But it’s a huge, missed opportunity for sure.

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          Agreed, not just seems like such an oddity. But I believe the new USB-C iPad is 2.0, so whatever “hack” they did for that is probably what they’re doing for the iPhones. Seems almost like they rushed it with the incoming regulations.

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          At the highest quality setting, the iPhone 14 Pro captures video footage that is 6 GB per minute. At USB 2.0 speeds, files can be transferred at around 3.6 GB per minute. Typical wifi direct/Airdrop speeds are about 3-5 GB per minute. And thunderbolt speeds are 100 times faster, at 5 GB/s or 300 GB/minute.

          For some purposes that USB 2.0 speed would be a significant bottleneck. It’s up to the buyer to decide whether those use cases are likely.

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        I bet the Pro uses Thunderbolt, and the regular is USB 2 speeds. Just my gut feeling. “You can hook up the pro to our special version of Logic Pro and edit directly on your phone! You can maybe move a your music library over to the non-pro in about 4 hours.”

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      I hope the usb-c and SE4 rumors are true. Honestly all I need out of a phone, for me. My Pixel6a might start showing its age (barely) at that point.