American tech giant Apple has confirmed that the iPhone will finally be switching over to a USB-C port.
Earlier this month, the European Union passed legislation that requires all phones and tablets sold in the EU to use USB-C charging ports by 2024.
The new EU law has caused some trouble for Apple, which sells iPhones with the same physical design in every region of the world. And all of those iPhones currently use Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector to charge and to connect accessories.
According to GSM Arena, Apple marketing lead Greg Joswiak said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the company will replace the Lighting port even if his team is not happy with the change.
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“The Europeans are the ones dictating timing for European customers,” the Apple executives said.
As per the outlet, Joswiak refused to answer whether Apple will ship a connector sold outside the EU, but that seems very unlikely.
The executives also talked about Apple’s dedication of going its own way and trusting its engineers rather than complying with standards by lawmakers and adopting third-party hardware.
He even brought up micro-USB and how Apple has been pushed to meet ill-considered requirements.
According to GSM Arena, the marketing lead stated that charging bricks with detachable cables solved the problem of standardization and warned that the changeover to USB-C will result in a significant increase in e-waste as users are forced to buy new cables and throw away the old ones.
