{"id":7527,"date":"2022-10-26T16:37:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/26\/apple-to-put-usb-c-connectors-in-iphones-to-comply-with-eu-rules\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:37:22","slug":"apple-to-put-usb-c-connectors-in-iphones-to-comply-with-eu-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/26\/apple-to-put-usb-c-connectors-in-iphones-to-comply-with-eu-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to put USB-C connectors in iPhones to comply with EU rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firm says it has no choice but to switch from proprietary Lightning port to the USB standard in EU<\/p>\n<p>Apple will ditch the Lightning connector on its iPhones, the company has confirmed, after European regulators decided all smartphones should have USB charging as standard in two years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>New EU rules require all phones sold after autumn 2024 to use the USB-C connector for their charging ports. The oval-shaped plugs are already standard on other consumer electronics such as e-readers, games consoles, laptops and the vast majority of new Android phones.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/26\/iphone-usb-c-lightning-connectors-apple-eu-rules\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/73baa558873121e64310499cabe45d24b11b8785\/0_170_5088_3053\/master\/5088.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c99c5366535bae3f2182f0e9d8a1b61b\" title=\"Apple to put USB-C connectors in iPhones to comply with EU rules\" \/>Firm says it has no choice but to switch from proprietary Lightning port to the USB standard in EU<br \/>\nApple will ditch the Lightning connector on its iPhones, the company has confirmed, after European regulators decided all smartphones should have USB charging as standard in two years\u2019 time.<br \/>\nNew EU rules require all phones sold after autumn 2024 to use the USB-C connector for their charging ports. The oval-shaped plugs are already standard on other consumer electronics such as e-readers, games consoles, laptops and the vast majority of new Android phones. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm says it has no choice but to switch from proprietary Lightning port to the USB standard in EU Apple will ditch the Lightning connector on its iPhones, the company has confirmed, after European regulators decided all smartphones should have USB charging as standard in two years\u2019 time. New EU rules require all phones sold &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/26\/apple-to-put-usb-c-connectors-in-iphones-to-comply-with-eu-rules\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple to put USB-C connectors in iPhones to comply with EU rules<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7528,"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\/7527"}],"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=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}