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Ngokolwazi lokuqagela, kulindeleke kakhulu ukuthi i-Apple izohlomisa i-iPhone 15 ngesixhumi se-USB-C. Kodwa uma engafuni, ngeke kudingeke ngenxa yomthetho we-EU. Ingakwazi nokusebenzisa isixhumi sayo ku-iPhone 16. Akubonakali kunengqondo, kodwa uyazi i-Apple, imali iza kuqala esimweni sayo futhi uhlelo lwe-MFi luyathulula. I-iPhone yokuqala ene-USB-C ingaba yi-iPhone 17. 

I-EU yaphasisa umthetho wayo odinga ukusetshenziswa kwe-USB-C ezintweni zikagesi ngo-Okthoba 4, 2022. Imane idinga ukusetshenziswa kwaleli zinga kuwo wonke amafoni, amaphilisi nezinsiza zikagesi ezifana nama-headphone angenantambo, amagundane, amakhibhodi, njll. Umnqamulajuqu wa ukusebenzisa izinguquko ngokuvumelana nemithetho yendawo (okungukuthi, imithetho ye-EU) kuhlehliselwe u-December 28, 2023. Nokho, amazwe angamalungu akudingeki asebenzise lo mthetho unyaka wonke olandelayo, okungukuthi kuze kube u-December 28, 2024.

Kusho ukuthini lokho ngempela? 

Njengoba i-Apple yethula ama-iPhones ngoSepthemba, i-iPhone 15 izokwethulwa ngaphambi kokuba umthetho uqale ukusebenza, ngakho-ke ingaba nombani ngonembeza ohlanzekile. Noma isivele isemaphethelweni, i-iPhone 16, ezokwethulwa ngoSepthemba 2024, isazowela esikhathini soshintsho, ngakho-ke akudingekile ukuthi ibe ne-USB-C nayo. Zonke izisetshenziswa ezizofakwa emakethe ngaphambi kokuthi umthetho uqale ukusebenza zingaqhubeka nokudayiswa ngesixhumi umkhiqizi azifakele.

Kodwa ingabe i-Apple izoyihambisa emnyombweni? Wayengeke kudingeke. Phela, usesithathile isinyathelo sokuqala nesilawuli esikude se-Siri se-Apple TV 4K 2022, equkethe i-USB-C esikhundleni sombani. Kuma-iPads nama-MacBooks, i-USB-C isivele iyithuluzi elijwayelekile. Ngaphandle kwama-iPhones, i-Apple kuzodingeka ishintshele ku-USB-C ukuze ithole amacala okushaja ama-AirPods nezinsiza zawo, njengamakhibhodi, amagundane, ama-trackpad, amashaja nokunye. 

Ukuhlelela imikhiqizo efana ne-iPhone akwenzeki unyaka nonyaka, kodwa kuguquka iminyaka eminingana. Kepha njengoba uhlelo lwe-EU lokulawula izixhumi zokushaja selaziwa iminyaka, i-Apple ibingalulungiselela. Ngakho-ke kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi i-iPhone 15 ekugcineni izoba ne-USB-C, futhi ngesizathu sokuthi i-Apple igwema ukuhunyushwa okungaba khona okungacacile komthetho. Ayinakukwazi ukuyeka ukuhlinzeka ngama-iPhones emakethe yaseYurophu ukuze nje izame ukuphusha awayo.

Izimakethe eziningi, amamodeli e-iPhone amaningi 

Kodwa-ke, usengakwazi ukuyigcina ngokuzenzela Umbani okungenani kwezinye izimakethe. Ngemuva kwakho konke, sesivele sinezinguqulo ezimbili zama-iPhones lapha, lapho abaseMelika bengenayo i-slot ye-SIM ebonakalayo. Lokhu kuhlukaniswa kwe-iPhone okuhloselwe izimakethe zaseMelika nezaseYurophu kungajula kalula nakakhulu. Kodwa-ke, kuyangabazeka ukuthi kungaba nengqondo mayelana nokukhiqiza kanye neqiniso lokuthi kunokuqagela ukuthi ezinye izimakethe nazo zizofuna ukwenza umthetho we-USB-C.

I-USB-C vs. Umbani ngesivinini

Ngendlela, ngemva kukaDisemba 28, 2024, abakhiqizi banezinye izinyanga ezingu-40 zokulungisa amakhompyutha abo, okungukuthi ama-laptops ikakhulukazi, kumagama omthetho. Mayelana nalokhu, i-Apple ipholile, njengoba ama-MacBooks ayo avumela ukushaja ngembobo ye-USB-C kusukela ngo-2015, nakuba bene-MagSafe yabo yokuphathelene. Akucaci kahle ukuthi kuzoba njani ngamawashi ahlakaniphile, lapho umenzi ngamunye enikeza isixazululo sakhe futhi esihluke kakhulu. Kodwa njengoba lawa kungamadivayisi amancane kangaka, i-USB-C ayinakucatshangwa lapha, yingakho iningi lazo lishajwa ngaphandle kwentambo. Kodwa wonke umuntu unendlela ehlukile yokubhekana nayo. 

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