{"id":212797,"date":"2023-02-15T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=271504"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:00:17","slug":"usb-c-of-iphone-15-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/usb-c-of-iphone-15-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone 15&#8217;s Secret Weapon: How the USB-C Port Will Change the Way You Charge Your Device!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Union will force all hardware manufacturers that their next devices incorporate USB &#8211; C, which therefore also includes the iPhone. For years, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/latest-iphone-and-ipad-software-features\" title=\"Apple\">Apple<\/a><\/strong> has maintained the use of its own connector, <strong>Lightning<\/strong>, despite complaints from users and how outdated it is today in many respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the bitten apple company has reluctantly accepted this new imposition from Europe and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/iphone-15-could-release-new-camera-rumor\" title=\"future iPhone 15\">future iPhone 15<\/a> is expected to integrate USB -C, although it <strong>will come with a surprise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A limited USB-C?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a user on Weibo, the Chinese social network, the USB &#8211; C port of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/iphone-15-latest-rumors\" title=\"iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro\">iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro<\/a> will be equipped with an authenticator chip. <strong>And what is this chip for?<\/strong> Basically, Apple will be able to restrict some functions of the iPhone 15 depending on the legitimacy of the cable used. If it&#8217;s an official cable, you won&#8217;t have any problems. If not, you are likely to suffer some inconveniences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chip that the new iPhones will have will check if the cable that is connected has the <strong>MFi <\/strong>(Made For iPhone) certification. This certification is available for all cables sold by Apple and also for many accessories manufactured by third parties and authorized by the company.As a curiosity, it is worth noting that the USB &#8211; C ports that iPads have do not <strong>have any kind of active restriction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the moment, these are just rumors and speculations. It has also been said that the <strong>iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro will have two different USB-C types<\/strong>. The more basic model would have much lower transfer speeds than the Pro version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/usb-c-stock-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271530\" \/><figcaption>iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apple and its control problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considering that this chip is not new in the iPhone, it was logical to think that we would see it back but in the USB &#8211; C. As always, the consumer in the end is the one who gets hurt by limiting their options and being pushed to buy the most expensive accessories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, Apple claims that this allows to <strong>protect the device and not to plug any kind of peripheral that could be dangerous<\/strong>. Even so, it still sounds like a bit of an excuse, especially if we take into account that iPads do not have this limitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has reluctantly accepted this new imposition from Europe and the future iPhone 15 is expected to integrate USB-C, although it will come with a surprise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9211,"featured_media":212798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-212797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322156,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212797\/revisions\/322156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212797"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=212797"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=212797"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=212797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}