A year later, Apple has failed at USB-C (just like everyone else)
A year later, Apple has failed at USB-C (just like everyone else)
It's been a year since the iPhone adopted USB-C. Has Apple's switch been for the best, or is the series worse off?
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Hmm, seems like the author does not understand USB-C is a physical connector type, not a protocol.
Sounds like Apple has nailed USB-C, that’s what replaced the lightning port, you know, another physical connector type.
This is reductive. It is a physical connector and a bevy of specifications. Take the Apple power bricks for MBPs for example. The move to usb-c saw a bunch of specification inclusions that they could have left out. That brick will basically charge any usb device. Now that's one part of the spec, this article covers more and it is entirely valid.
Straight from the wiki, am I not comprehending this correctly?
“The designation "C" refers only to the connector's physical configuration, or form factor, not to be confused with the connector's specific capabilities, such as Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort 2.0, or USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. Based on the protocols supported by both host and peripheral devices, a USB-C connection normally provides much higher signalling and data rates than the superseded connectors.
A device with a Type-C connector does not necessarily implement any USB transfer protocol, USB Power Delivery, or any of the Alternate Modes: the Type-C connector is common to several technologies while mandating only a few of them.”
One could argue that USB-C (the connector) implied support for modern features/version of the USB protocol.
Ahhhh, so just because I plug in my HDMI cable to my dvd player, I should get 4K video output, you know, implied HDMI feature set and all.
Oh wait, that’s not at all how that works with that connector, just like with this connector.
You are both right, the article is just bad.