Apple is basically embracing USB-C for the iPhone against its will due to EU regulations, but I’m still glad to see the company catch up to the best Android phones with this key feature. The Lightning connector is just too slow and simply not as reliable as USB-C over time, so the hope is that we’ll see both faster transfer speeds to PCs and from cameras, as well as faster charging
So the good news is that Lightning should be dead. The bad news is that Apple is rumored to offer faster transfer speeds on the Pro models, so the regular iPhones could get screwed. Plus, there’s been a few reports that Apple may require Made for iPhone (MFi) certification from accessory makers so that it’s able to make money off the open standard. But regulators are already sounding the alarm that such a move would be illegal.
