Six months of Launch of iPhone 16Rumors are starting to develop for Apple's for us this September, when the company is due to announce its mobile devices since 2025. At the top of the list and right on the trend, they could be iPhone 17 airWhat can not only be superertine, but without charging ports.
One perceived blockage of the road Making an iPhone without gates was the ability to make European Union regulations impossible as a result of the rules around universal chargers. That's not actually the case, like 9TO5MAC reported Today and CNET have confirmed. According to European Commission spokesman Federica Mikoli, Apple is free to make an iPhone without a port that can only be charged with the use of Magsafe wireless charger. The company did not respond to a comment request about whether he was thinking of making an iPhone without a charging port.
If you were iPhone The user longer than last year or the like, there is no doubt that you will remember the now non -existent lightning cable. Apple was forced to left his commercial charge technology For the iPhone due to the rules of the EU that came into force last year, they dictated that the entire small, transmission electronics with charging gates are needed to be compatible with the same type of charger: USB-C.
It does not mean device Must Be USB-C compatible, though. The Guidelines issued by the European Commission last year on its Joint Chargers Directive said it was good for companies to sell phones and other devices that can only be filled through wireless charging methods. So, there may be a wired charger to rule them all, but Apple can give up completely if you choose.
But will it be? It is possible, but probably not – and for several reasons, starting with the current company design priorities.
“It always felt like you had an iPhone without ports or buttons was the ultimate final game when Onyoni Iv was designing Apple,” Wood said. “His minimalist approach to product development has seen Apple remove the home button and SIM card slot in the US, where iPhone is only available with ESIM now.” However, it has changed since the departure of Ajve, Wood added, showing the addition of the iPhone 16 camera control button.
If nothing else, the recent iPhone, with its bulky modules on the camera, were less elegant than their previous colleagues. And although the phones get consistently thinner this yearAt some point, phone manufacturers are limited by the fact that the minimum size for the USB-C gate is 2.6 mm. No matter how much they are able to equalize the rest of the inside of the phone, there is no way to compress that port.
That does not mean that Apple would not want to return to the minimalist tendencies of Ive design, if technological discoveries allow it, but is currently ready to make minor compromises to prioritize functionality, including superior cameras.
And, even with available Magsafe charging, the USB-C gate still plays often vital for the iPhone. It's not just about charging. Air data transfers or software updates sometimes fail, and when that happens, there is no replacement for turning your iPhone into your laptop. Without that port, you have no backup when other methods get raised, which can make your $ 1,000 device a nicely thin but functionally useless metal and glass plate.
“It is difficult to believe that every company would like to remove this port in the near future, given its need for charging without safe and access to root devices in an example of software failure,” Wood said.
IPhone without charging ports sounds desirable in theory – impeccable design, combined with (probably) better water and dust resistance. But unless Apple has some technology wizards on the sleeve that allows it to overcome potential disadvantages, it seems unlikely to see USB-C -hone soon.