The iPhone 15 Pro will likely support USB-C with Thunderbolt 3

Apple product analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says in his new report iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max They come with a USB-C port and this port will support at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3. As a result, the speed of information transfer in these products will be much higher than the current generation.

To A report by a well-known analyst of Apple productsNon-Pro iPhone 15 models are also equipped with USB-C, but unlike Pro models, they do not have access to high speeds. He says iPhone 15 and 15 Plus They will only have access to standard USB 2.0 speeds. On the other hand, AirDrop technology remains available to users as an option for fast and wireless data transfer on these devices.

Ming-Chi Ku claims that the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are at least up to standard USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3 equipped be. Thunderbolt 3 supports up to 40 Gbps bandwidth on paper, while the Lightning connector maxes out at USB 2.0 at 480 Mbps. Even in real-world conditions, the iPhone 15 Pro with a Thunderbolt port will be much faster than the current port on iPhones, and this feature can help transfer heavy 48MP ProRAW files.

The iPhone 15 won’t be the first low-speed USB-C device

Even if the iPhone 15 Pro does not support Thunderbolt and is only equipped with USB 3.2, the data transfer speed on paper 5 to 20 Gbps will be. It should be noted that the iPad Pro M1 uses the Thunderbolt 3 port, but the fifth generation iPad Air is equipped with a USB-C port with a maximum speed of 10 Gbit/s and the iPad mini with a port with a speed of 5 Gbit/s. The only exception in this regard is the standard 10th generation iPad, which uses USB-C with USB 2.0 speed.

It seems that with the implementation of the new EU rules, Apple has finally abandoned the Lightning port and decided to use USB-C on its flagship product. Of course, there is still a lot of time left before the introduction of this family and we have to wait for the confirmation of this report by other sources.