It ’s functionary : Apple is fully at impropriety to make a portless iPhone if it wants to . There is nothing in EU regulation to say iPhones must feature a USB - C charging port wine , and a spokesman for the body has confirm this in written material .
journalist are taught that if someone say it ’s raining , and someone else say it is n’t , your line is n’t to quote both sides . It ’s to face out of the windowpane . On Wednesday , Ben Lovejoy at9to5Maclooked out of the window by contacting European Commission press officeholder Federica Miccoli to ask if a portless smartphone would be permissible under EU regulation .
“ Yes , ” Miccoli replied . “ Since , such wireless equipment can not be recharged via wired charging , it does not need to incorporate the consort ( wire ) charging resolution . ”
That goes against a possibility buzzing around the Apple punditsphere earlier in the week . We cover a report Monday which claimed the rumored iPhone 17 Air had at one stage been envisionedas a portless gadget , but that Apple had pull back from this architectural plan in expectant part because it feared such a development would anger EU governor . The EU requires that all smartphones sold in its jurisdiction have USB - speed of light charging ports , which is why the iPhone 14 and 3rd - gen iPhone SE had to be deteriorate from sale there slightly in the beginning than planned .
But it turns out they only have to have USB - ascorbic acid charging portsif they offer wired charging . A Lightning charging port is not allowed . A 30 - pin charging larboard , away from being insane , would not be allowed . But no charge port at all is legally fine .
The EU does further standardized wireless charging standard , and if Apple pursued its own technical school on this front it could run into problem . But as 9to5Mac banker’s bill , the company in effect ‘ dedicate ’ MagSafe to the existence , and MagSafe iPhones are compatible with Qi2 chargers made by other companies . It would n’t have any trouble in this deference .
Whether a portless iPhone would be successful remain to be seen , of course . I intend it would be a reasonable development which would make next iPhone model better while catalysing improvements in wireless tech more in the main , andsaid so in an thought piece … which has proved rather controversial . Customers may not be ready to give up their larboard quite yet . But when they are , we now have intercourse that the police wo n’t acquaint any obstacle either .
