2023-05-05 02:05:36
Seeing that Apple is reported by the media, it is likely to maintain the advantages of brand-certified products by limiting the charging and transmission speed of non-original cables in the way of “policy at the top and MFi at the bottom”. It seems that the EU does not intend to wait until Apple steps on the line before passively resorting to amendments to regulations. It is reported that Apple has been vaccinated directly, emphasizing that if the support between USB-C cables and chargers is limited, even if Apple has changed the connection port to USB-C, it will still be unable to escape the fate of banning sales. Continue reading The USB-C version of the iPhone 15 has not yet left the EU and then vaccinated once morest Apple: Restricting the general support of charging cables still cannot escape the ban on the report. 
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The USB-C version of the iPhone 15 has not yet come out of the EU and then vaccinated once morest Apple: Restricting the universal support of charging cables is still difficult to escape the ban
The European Union is expected to start implementing regulations in 2024 to restrict the use of USB-C ports for electronic products such as mobile phones, tablets, cameras, and earphones. This will solve the problem of electronic waste waste of various wires in the drawer that the European Commission cannot tolerate. . And as the main target that has not yet accepted this specification: Apple’s smartphones. It is also widely expected that the iPhone 15 will adopt the USB-C port specification ahead of time.
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However, seeing that Apple is reported by the media, it is likely to maintain the advantages of brand-certified products by limiting the charging and transmission speed of non-original cables in the way of “policy at the top and MFi at the bottom”.
It seems that the EU does not intend to wait until Apple steps on the line before passively resorting to amendments to regulations. It is reported that Apple has been vaccinated directly, emphasizing that if the support between USB-C cables and chargers is limited, even if Apple has changed the connection port to USB-C, it will still be unable to escape the fate of banning sales.
“Devices that do not comply with the harmonized charger requirements will not be permitted to be sold on the EU market (Geräte, die die Anforderungen an das einheitliche Ladegerät nicht erfüllen, werden auf dem EU-Markt nicht zugelassen)”
According to foreign media The time According to the report of the European Commissioner Thierry Breton, following seeing the rumor that Apple is likely to limit the transmission and charging efficiency of non-original devices in the form of Made for iPhone (MFi) certification. Send a warning letter to Apple, emphasizing that the EU does not allow it to restrict the docking interaction between chargers.
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In short, at least for the “charging” part, the European Union really stepped on the support of the unified standard of USB-C, and it seems that there is no gray space for the Apple MFi standard to play. Not only this warning letter (it seems that some committee members accused Apple of having the intention to circumvent the regulations).
It is reported that in the European Commission meeting in mid-March, Apple has already been reminded of the regulations in this regard; in the third quarter of this year, there will also be official guidelines, which are said to provide a unified interpretation of the relevant regulations. .
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However, it seems that it is still consistent with the previous analysis of the Computer King Ada team, and the current situation has not changed much. That is to say, even in terms of charging, the EU basically does not give any gray space. But at least in terms of high-speed transmission, if Apple provides relevant restrictions through MFi or directly through the Thunderbolt standard, there should be no problem “at present” (following all, the iPad series also adopts a similar strategy).
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Speaking of it, since there is still a considerable amount of time for the regulations to come into force in 2024. If Apple really responds to EU regulations in advance on the iPhone 15, it will change the long-used Lightning to USB-C. Now I suddenly feel that the strategy Apple wants to take should be to make full use of the two-year vacuum period and try to explore the space of laws and regulations in various countries as much as possible, right? It’s just that at present, such an approach seems to only arouse the EU to step on the regulations even more… I don’t know if this will affect Apple’s next strategy.
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