iPhone 15 Models Have 'Completely Standard' USB-C Port

According to Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham, the iPhone 15 devices 'have completely standard USB-C ports that work just fine with all existing USB 3 and USB-PD (Power Delivery) compliant cables, chargers, and accessories, just like Apple's other devices.' It contradicts rumors that Apple's implementation of USB-C would limit data and charging speeds for any accessories not certified through its Made for iPhone (MFI) program. From the report: We'll still need to test the phones to know for sure how they'll behave with different things plugged into them, but all of Apple's official authentication-chip-less USB-C chargers and cables quietly had their compatibility tables updated this week to include all iPhone 15 models. That also includes chargers from third parties like Mophie and Belkin that pre-date the iPhone 15's introduction.

That's not to say that there won't be some kind of licensing program available for iPhone-compatible USB-C accessories. But fears that these cables would be required, and that the iPhone wouldn't work just fine with otherwise standards-compliant USB-C cables and chargers, were unfounded.

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