When Apple was still in the Lightning era and fought tooth and nail against USB-C, the common argument was that Lightning ports were significantly thinner than their USB-C alternatives. The USB-C ...

USB has been around for a long time, evolving from generation to generation. Nowadays, the most common type is USB-C, but for years, Apple was adamant on using its own Lightning port on its ...

Due to architectural changes from iOS 26, running/debugging a Flutter app during development against an iOS 26 iPhone connected to the host development machine via WiFi can be quite slow. We've ...

The long and short of it is that Apple most likely made the decision to comply with a law imposed by the EU mandating that a multitude of devices have a common charger, which included smartphones.

Thanks to a mandate handed down by the EU in 2022, Apple finally parted ways with its proprietary Lightning port in favor of the far more universal USB-C on the iPhone 15. While Apple complied with ...

Apple’s vanilla iPhone 17 and iPhone Air models still offer USB 2.0 data transfer speeds. Apple has limited the higher USB 3.0 transfer speeds on the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max variants. The iPhone ...

The new iPhone Air is limited to USB 2 transfer speeds and it does not support faster USB 3 transfer speeds like the iPhone 17 Pro models. Apple also didn't update the USB port that it's using for the ...

Hidden away in your Android phone's developer settings is a powerful feature called USB debugging. It's a special mode that opens a direct line of communication between your smartphone and a computer, ...

Security researchers have hacked the Apple USB-C controller. Update, Jan. 14, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 12, now includes further information regarding the impact of the Thomas Roth ...

If you’ve bought one of Apple’s late 2023 phones (and gone through our list of the first 7 things to do with it) you’re probably wondering about the new port at the bottom. The Lightning port, which ...

With the iPhone 15 adopting USB-C, you’re probably wondering what’s the “best USB-C charger” to pair with your new phone for the fastest charging. The good news for iPhone 15 chargers (unlike Samsung ...

It almost seems silly to fixate on the iPhone’s switch to USB-C. For one, the port — unlike Lightning (RIP) — has already long been a standard among other gadgets, even some in Apple’s own ecosystem.