IPhone 8: There will be fast charging, but no USB Type-C

Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI has denied a rumor that is circulating from several hours relative to the upcoming iphones that debut by the end of the year. According to the Journal the new smartphones should have a USB Type-C Connector for charging the battery and interfacing with other peripherals, however the KGI analyst, revealed several times extremely reliable in its predictions, specifies that the Connector will be Lightning even if will the standard Type-C.

According to Kuo all three models of the iPhone of the 2017, both updates of the current versions and the premium variant redesigned with OLED display, will keep the door Lightning, revised if necessary with the support of the rapid recharge. Apple could change the power management technologies of the connector and introduce new internal components to integrate the so-called "Type-C Power delivery" without necessarily changing the physical connector.

In this way, the company will a feature widely expected on the iPhone without compromising compatibility with the many accessories that use the Lightning connector, and continuing to rely on a proprietary solution in connection with connectors. To enable fast recharge, Apple has requested new components to its supply chains, including new Texas Instrument and Cypress chips. The battery will also have two "L" cells.

In conjunction with the new chips and the revised connector, the particular form factor will allow a faster charging of the integrated battery, which will support-we remember-even the wireless charging. Kuo also writes that although the USB Type-C port would allow a faster transfer of files than the new Lightning USB 3, according to Apple's point of view the advantages would not be such as to justify the change of the connector, which instead of advantages offers Several.

Apple in fact earns by licensing the MFi (Made For iPhone) certification to the manufacturers of accessories compatible with the mobile devices of the company and, in addition, the USB Type-C is larger than the Lighgning connector and would occupy a larger space. The Lightning Port was born in 2012, with IPhone 5, and replaced the 30-pin connector present since the dawn on the mobile devices of the apple. Even at the time when you rumored the passage to the Lightning the news seemed absurd.

However the switch to the USB type-C today seems very unlikely, as we have already written earlier, and it is more likely that starting with the next Generation Apple introduces a Lightning/type-C cable and no longer Type-a so as to allow charging Connector on the new MacBooks. In any case, however, according to Kuo the Lightning Connector will continue to be important feature of the new iphones for several years again.