{"id":5927,"date":"2022-06-07T19:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/07\/eu-deal-will-force-iphones-to-use-usb-c-charger-by-2024\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T19:39:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:39:42","slug":"eu-deal-will-force-iphones-to-use-usb-c-charger-by-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/07\/eu-deal-will-force-iphones-to-use-usb-c-charger-by-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"EU deal will force iPhones to use USB-C charger by 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bloc agrees move to legally require all smartphones to use common charger within two years<\/p>\n<p>The EU has paved the way for all smartphones to be legally required to use a USB-C port for charging, a move that could bea headache for Apple, whose iPhone is the only main brand smartphone without this type of connection.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s agreement will apply from autumn 2024 for all smartphones sold in the bloc, a decision that could substantially impact Apple as the iPhone uses Apple\u2019s lightning port for wired charging.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jun\/07\/all-smartphones-to-use-usb-c-charging-ports-from-autumn-2024-says-eu\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3b11e9285fbd7f3945a72de492296c75c44c3a2d\/0_69_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=38d8b8bb579ff6dfd959b7138e5dc189\" title=\"EU deal will force iPhones to use USB-C charger by 2024\" \/>Bloc agrees move to legally require all smartphones to use common charger within two years<br \/>\nThe EU has paved the way for all smartphones to be legally required to use a USB-C port for charging, a move that could bea headache for Apple, whose iPhone is the only main brand smartphone without this type of connection.<br \/>\nThe EU\u2019s agreement will apply from autumn 2024 for all smartphones sold in the bloc, a decision that could substantially impact Apple as the iPhone uses Apple\u2019s lightning port for wired charging. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloc agrees move to legally require all smartphones to use common charger within two years The EU has paved the way for all smartphones to be legally required to use a USB-C port for charging, a move that could bea headache for Apple, whose iPhone is the only main brand smartphone without this type of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/07\/eu-deal-will-force-iphones-to-use-usb-c-charger-by-2024\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EU deal will force iPhones to use USB-C charger by 2024<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}