Gsmarena just wrote a "do not buy" recommendation. The pro they like. The plain 15 they feel is underpowered and overpriced and has usb2 speeds behind the usb-c where the pro goes 10gigabits.
The iPhone 15 vs 14 has the better main camera with 4x the resolution, usb-c charging, dynamic island, upgraded processor, and twice the peak brightness. Seems like a totally solid upgrade for MSRP 100 bucks!
Cool, now the internet thinks that matters. Let me know the next time you plug your phone into a computer.
Doing that in your car is pretty common, though USB2 speeds seem to be more than enough for that.
Back at ya.
That being said, I don't care if it's USB 2.0 or 3.0, it's just photos. My SD Card is probably the limiting factor in the transfer speed.
Everyday.
Sure, that's because I'm charging my three phones from my notebooks, but occasionally I'm transferring files too.
But, yes, I can copy mp3/flac/mp4/mkv files to my phone and I can listen/watch them without the need for the Approved(tm) apps or OSes.
But many people care more about spec comparisons than real life impact.
There are probably plenty of reasons to skip the 15, but this is about as niche as it comes. Survey nearly any user and ask about the transfer speed between lightning, usb2 and usb3 and the most common answer will be "no idea and who cares?" I'm a techy and I haven't plugged in my phone for data transfer in years. Complain that Apple pinched pennies here, but it matters to almost no end users. And those few who do care, would likely get the Pro anyway.
So they are possibly, more or less, using a chip that was designed for USB 2.0 over Lightning, with an integrated Lightning to USB-C adapter.
The alternative is a full chip redesign, which is not cheap, especially when the iPhone 16s will inherit the redesign next year.
Also, it takes 1-3 years to design a chip. Apple's probably finished with the A18 design at this moment and working on A19. They might, honestly, even be nearly finished with A19 and talking about A20. When the A16 was designed, the idea of being forced to move to USB-C was probably not a consideration, and they were probably still hoping that the wireless accessories / MagSafe system would take off even though it clearly hasn't by now. Which is stupid on their part but as an investor, I wouldn't want them to waste a billion or so for the sake of undoing the past to give USB 3 on iPhone 15s.
It's disingenuous to say "it was released 14 years ago, what took so long?". Plenty of old technology is used when it is appropriate. If there's no valuable reason to adopt newer standards, it's a waste of money and engineering effort. The only reason, as far as I can tell, that other vendors all have USB3 is because Qualcomm put it in their chipset and forces vendors to buy it.
Also, to nitpick, they're supporting 10gbit speeds for the pro, which was a spec released 6 years ago. Relatively recent as far as spec adoption goes.
Both the non-Pro and Pro iPhone models support native 4k display port via USB C, and the bandwidth required for that certainly exceeds USB 2 speeds.
I went with the Pro model, but port speeds was a non-factor in that decision.
Which means it is a USB3 port.
It’s a remarkable achievement.
normal people cant care less what majority thinks, because they (normal people) know that in 2023 this is spit in the face for extreme amount of money. none of fanboy excuses can change that.
Not even sure I’ve plugged this iPhone in… and my last one probably only to charge it. WiFi is fast enough y’all.
People get so weird about this stuff though. I never once heard a complaint that iPhone was limited to USB2 speeds till the Pro finally upgraded to Usb3.
I've got a 13 Pro which the AppleCare is out on soon. I'm just going to renew that and keep it another year and see what the 16 Pro looks like.
I’d much rather they go through and fix all the jank that already exists scattered across the floor than raise the ceiling some more.