EU lawmakers impose single charger for all smartphones

TL;DR

The measure, which EU lawmakers adopted with a vote 602 in favor, 13 against, will—in Europe at least—push Apple to drop its outdated Lightning port on its iPhones for the USB-C one already used by many of its competitors.It is expected to save at least 200 million euros ($195 million) per year and cut more than a thousand tons of EU electronic waste every year, the bloc's competition chief Margrethe Vestager said.However some users of its latest flagship iPhone models—which can capture extremely high-resolution photos and videos in massive data files—complain that the Lightning cable transfers data at only a bare fraction of the speed USB-C does.People buying a device will have the choice of getting one with or without a USB-C charger, to take advantage of the fact they might already have at least one cable at home.USB-C ports can charge at up to 240 Watts, transfer data up to 40 gigabits per second, and can serve to hook up to external displays."

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