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esp211 t1_jack34r wrote

Hey everyone, let’s all be outraged about an unsubstantiated rumor regarding a product that has not even announced or released.

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Instantbeef t1_jacps6o wrote

No one reads the article. It’s completely inferring this outcome from the fact they are making some with MFI supposedly

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SigmaLance t1_jacxsx5 wrote

This is so true. Hopefully they don’t do this to their phones like they did with their iPad lineup.

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RobSaville82 t1_jaefkc5 wrote

I’m confused, I have the latest M2 iPad Pro and it works with just about any USB-C accessory. As did my previous M1 iPad Pro. No iPad with USB-C needs a specific MFi charger for full speed charging. If the charger is lower wattage, it will charge slower, but that’s the case with all devices.

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SigmaLance t1_jaeomh3 wrote

The 10th Gen iPad is limited in charging and transfer speeds unlike the rest of the iPad lineup.

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RobSaville82 t1_jaeqjkf wrote

Are you talking about fast charging? That’s nothing to do with MFi. Fast charging requires a 30 watt charger I believe, but it doesn’t need to be Apple branded. In the iPad’s box they only provide a 20 watt wall plug, which doesn’t offer the fastest charging possible for the iPad. If you use 30 watt chargers or higher, like from a MacBook, it charges faster. Same with the iPad Pro I have. Neither needs MFi specific cables or anything like that.

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SigmaLance t1_jaeqvgt wrote

It has nothing to do with MFI. It has to do with Apple putting a lower USB C standard in it than what your pro has.

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RobSaville82 t1_jaes54b wrote

What do you mean lower USB-C standard though? If you use the included 20 watt charger, it won’t charge as fast as it can do. If you use a 30 watt or higher charger it will.

The only difference with the iPad Pro is it’s USB-C port also has Thunderbolt 4. Data transfer might be faster to Thunderbolt compatible devices, but that’s a different story. Thunderbolt has never been included in any non-Pro iPad.

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Pick2 t1_jaew3v1 wrote

Wow ur saying I support it then? Omg 😱

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RobSaville82 t1_jaefci6 wrote

Precisely, it does say it’s just a rumour. Nothing confirmed by Apple at this stage.

With Mac’s and iPads running on USB-C already, this seems unlikely to happen just for the iPhone. They’d have already done this before on the iPad, when that moved over to USB-C.

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