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Tag: charging ports

EU’s anti-Apple deal on mandating USB-C charging port likely June 7th

Friday, June 3, 2022 8:58 am14 Comments

EU countries and EU lawmakers are set to agree on USB-C as a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets, and headphones…

Apple testing iPhones that dump Lightning port for USB-C, Bloomberg News confirms

Friday, May 13, 2022 2:51 pm12 Comments

On Wednesday, Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted that Apple is considering moving from the venerable Lightning port to USB-C with the iPhone 15…

EU plan to mandate USB-C charger port for devices takes step closer

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 3:33 pmThursday, April 21, 20227 Comments

The European Union’s plan to mandate USB-C as a common charging port for smartphones, tablets, and headphones took a step closer…

EU wants to force all smartphone, tablet, and headphone makers to use USB-C charging port

Thursday, September 23, 2021 8:57 am15 Comments

In a move impacting Apple more than its rivals, the EU aims to have a common USB-C charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones…

EU lawmakers, eyeing Apple, overwhelmingly call for standard device charger

Thursday, January 30, 2020 1:01 pmThursday, January 30, 202013 Comments

EU lawmakers overwhelmingly called on Thursday for rules to establish a standard charger for all mobile device makers across Europe…

It’s a bad idea for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port

Friday, January 24, 2020 11:08 am11 Comments

Apple disagrees with the European Union’s idea. It’d be a lose-lose-lose situation for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port …

Apple pushes back against EU call for common phone charger

Thursday, January 23, 2020 2:05 pm9 Comments

Apple on Thursday again pushed back against European Union lawmakers’ call for a common phone charger standard, warning the move could hamper innovation…

EU wants to force all smartphone makers to use the same charging port

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 11:07 am22 Comments

Members of the European Parliament want binding measures for chargers to fit all mobile phones and other portable devices…

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