It is now virtually sure that the iPhone 15 collection of telephones are going to return with USB-C ports hooked up somewhat than the normal Lightning possibility, however a brand new rumor means that sure iPhone 14 fashions may just get retrofitted with USB-C as smartly.
This comes from Apple developer @aaronp613 (by the use of Notebookcheck), who used to be digging round within the code for tvOS 17 beta 5 and located references to 2 iPhone fashions that do not these days exist. 4 extra had been then found out in older beta updates.
It is assumed that the set of 4 discuss with the iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Plus, the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Professional Max. That leaves a few fashions unaccounted for, fashions that would possibly not be a part of the brand new iPhone 15 lineup.
Now the whole lot after this is natural hypothesis, however it kind of feels believable that a few iPhone 14 fashions might be sticking round, and that Apple will need to transfer them over to USB-C for the sake of consistency – and to stick in line with EU regulations.
tvOS 17.0 Beta 5 references two iPhone fashions that these days do not exist:iPhone14,1iPhone14,9August 9, 2023
A story of 2 iPhones
At this time you’ll nonetheless pick out up the iPhone 13, the iPhone 13 mini, and the iPhone 12 from the legitimate Apple web site, so it kind of feels most probably that the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Plus could be the telephones that stick round after September.
In line with the naming of those unreleased fashions, it seems that they’re going to be working the Apple A15 Bionic chip within the inexpensive pair of iPhone 14 fashions, somewhat than the A16 Bionic chip that powers the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
There may be a couple of principle although. The developer who noticed the mentions within the code thinks that the iPhone 13 and the iPhone 13 mini (which additionally use the A15 Bionic chip) would be the ones to get upgraded to USB-C.
For now, we are all simply guessing, nevertheless it appears to be like as although we would possibly get some additional surprises when Apple unveils its subsequent set of iPhones. The development must be going down in September, and September 12 or September 13 are looking like good bets.
