# Apple begins testing iPhones with Universal Serial Bus type USB-C port

URL: https://technosports.co.in/apple-begins-testing-iphones/  
Published: 2022-05-15  
Updated: 2022-05-15  
Author: Prachi Panda

[Apple](https://technosports.co.in/?s=apple) is planning to retain the Lightning connector for this year’s new models. If the organization continue with the change, it wouldn’t occur until 2023 at the primal.

A well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that it will follow USB-C on iPhones in 2023, and now Bloomberg reports the Cupertino-based tech giant has already started testing iPhones with the USB-C port.

Apple Inc. is testing upcoming iPhone models that switch to the present Lightning charging port with the more extensive USB-C connector, according to people with the insight of the situation, a move that could help the company accommodate with impending European arrangements.

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## Apple begins testing iPhones

If a better standard arises, the European union legislation behest that if a new standard come up, we can acclimate the rules. Apple says this shift could give advantage iPhone users with faster data transfers and faster charging options.

## Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max

One of the main reasons for this shift from Lightning connector to USB-C could be the European Union’s push for USB- C armed devices, which shouldn’t be a problem for Android device makers since most of the Android-running smartphones or tablets launched in the last few years came with the USB-C port.

However, Apple is anxious that the European law decreeing just one type of connector for all devices on the market will damage European consumers by abating down the introduction of [beneficial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneficial#:~:text=Beneficial%20organism%2C%20any%20organism%20that%20benefits%20the%20growing%20process%20of%20another%20species) innovations in charging standards, including those associated to safety and energy ability.

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## Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max with Lightning port

The European union has dismissed the accusations of this move to USB-C impeding innovation, saying the “bid states that if a new standard come up that is better than USB-C, we can modify the rules.”

Regardless of whether or not the European law muzzles innovation, a shift from the Lightning port to USB-C would benefit iPhone users with better data transfers and faster charging.