Vala isikhangiso

Ngo-2015, i-Apple yethula i-12" MacBook yayo, okwakungeyokuqala kuphothifoliyo yenkampani ukunikeza abasebenzisi isixhumi se-USB-C. Into ehlekisayo ukuthi, ngaphandle kwe-earphone jack engu-3,5mm, yayingenayo enye into. Sekuphele unyaka ka-2021 futhi ama-iPhones, umkhiqizo ophambili we-Apple, namanje akanayo i-USB-C. Futhi kulo nyaka uyifake ku-iPad mini futhi. 

Ngaphandle kwamakhompyutha, okungukuthi i-MacBooks, i-Mac mini, i-Mac Pro ne-24" iMac, isizukulwane sesithathu se-iPad Pro, isizukulwane sesine se-iPad Air futhi manje nesizukulwane sesi-3 se-iPad mini siqukethe nesixhumi se-USB-C. Ngakho-ke, uma singabali isixhumi esingaphansi kwe-Apple Watch ne-Apple TV, ene-HDMI kuphela, i-Apple Lightning isala kuphela kuhlu oluyisisekelo lwama-iPads, kuma-iPhones (okungukuthi i-iPod touch) nezinye izinto, njenge-AirPods, amakhibhodi, amagundane, kanye nesilawuli se-Apple TV.

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Ukukhipha i-USB-C kuhlu lwama-iPad, okungabandakanyi elincane, kuyisinyathelo esiphusile. Umbani wavela endaweni yesigameko ngo-2012, lapho uthatha indawo yesixhumi esiphelelwe yisikhathi futhi esikhulu ngempela samaphini angama-30. Nasi isixhumi esinamaphini angu-9 (othintana nabo abangu-8 kanye ne-conductor sheath exhunywe kusihlangu) esidlulisela isignali yedijithali kanye ne-voltage kagesi. Inzuzo yayo eyinhloko ngaleso sikhathi yayiwukuthi yayingasetshenziswa kabili-directionally, ngakho-ke akunandaba ukuthi uyixhume kanjani kudivayisi, nokuthi yayincane ngempela ngosayizi. Kepha ngemuva kweminyaka ecishe ibe yishumi, imane iphelelwe yisikhathi futhi ayikwazi ukuphatha okufanele ubuchwepheshe ngo-2021. 

Noma i-USB-C yethulwa ekupheleni kuka-2013, ibone ukwanda kwangempela ikakhulukazi eminyakeni yamuva. Ingabuye ifakwe kuzo zombili izinkomba. Idatha yayo eyisisekelo ingu-10 Gb/s. Yiqiniso, lolu hlobo lwesixhumi luphinde lwenzelwe ukunika amandla idivayisi. I-USB Type C inesixhumi esifanayo nhlangothi zombili esihlanganisa abathintwayo abangu-24, abangu-12 ohlangothini ngalunye. 

Konke kumayelana nesivinini nokuxhumana 

Esizukulwaneni sesithupha se-iPad mini, inkampani ngokwayo ithi ungashaja i-iPad usebenzisa i-USB-C yayo esebenza ngezindlela eziningi, noma uxhume izesekeli kuyo ukuze udale umculo, ibhizinisi neminye imisebenzi. Amandla esixhumi akukona ukusebenza kwayo okuningi. Isib. ku-iPad Pro, i-Apple ithi isivele inomkhawulokudonsa ongu-6 GB/s wokuxhuma iziqaphi, amadiski namanye amadivayisi. Umbani awukwazi ukukumela lokho. Yiqiniso, iphinde iphathe ukudluliswa kwedatha, kodwa isivinini sikwenye indawo ngokuphelele. Ukuqhathanisa kungcono nge-microUSB esele, ekhulule inkambu ngokuqondile nge-USB-C.

I-USB-C isengaba nobukhulu obufanayo bomzimba, kuyilapho ubuchwepheshe bayo bungathuthukiswa njalo. Isib. Umbani unganika amandla i-iPhone 13 Pro Max ku-20 W (ngokungekho emthethweni i-27 W), kodwa i-USB-C ingaphinda inike amandla i-100 W ngomncintiswano, kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele ku-240 W. Nakuba kungabangela ukudideka phakathi kwabasebenzisi, hlobo luni lwekhebula elingakwenza ngempela, uma libukeka lifana njalo, kodwa lokhu kufanele kuphathwe ngezithombe ezifanele.

I-European Commission izothatha isinqumo 

I-Apple igcina i-Lightning ngezizathu ezicacile zenzuzo. Inohlelo lwe-MFi, izinkampani okufanele zikhokhe kulo uma zifuna ukuhlinzeka ngezinsiza zamadivayisi we-Apple. Ngokungeza i-USB-C esikhundleni se-Lightning, izolahlekelwa inani elikhulu lemali. Ngakho-ke akumkhathazi kangako ngama-iPads, kodwa i-iPhone iyidivayisi ethengiswa kakhulu yinkampani. Kepha u-Apple kuzofanele asabele - kungekudala noma kamuva.

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I-European Commission yiyona enecala ngalokhu, ezama ukushintsha umthetho mayelana nesixhumi esimisiwe kuwo wonke amadivaysi kagesi, ukuze ukwazi ukushaja amafoni namaphilisi emikhiqizo ehlukene ngekhebula elilodwa, kanye nanoma yiziphi izesekeli, kanye imidlalo eduduzayo, njll. Sekukhulunywe ngakho isikhathi eside futhi mhlawumbe maduze sizokwazi isinqumo sokugcina, okungenzeka sibulale i-Apple. Kuzodingeka isebenzise i-USB-C. Ngoba amadivayisi e-Android nokunye ngeke kusebenzise Lightning. U-Apple akazange abavumele. 

Kuma-iPhones, inkampani ingaba nombono ocacile ngokuhlangana nesixhumi se-MagSafe. Ngakho-ke, umbani uzosuswa ngokuphelele, i-USB-C ngeke isetshenziswe, futhi isizukulwane esisha sizoshaja kuphela ngaphandle kwentambo. Futhi imali okungenani izozungeza izinsiza ze-MagSafe, ngisho noma ungasayixhumi ikhamera, umbhobho, ama-headphone anentambo nezinye izinto ezithinta i-iPhone.

Ikhasimende kufanele lizuze 

Ngingaphinde ngikucabange lokhu endabeni ye-AirPods, ibhokisi layo linikeza ukushaja kombani, kodwa futhi lingashajwa ngaphandle kwentambo (ngaphandle kwesizukulwane sokuqala). Kodwa kuthiwani ngekhibhodi yomlingo, i-Magic Trackpad ne-Magic Mouse? Lapha, ukuqaliswa kokushaja okungenantambo akubonakali njengesinyathelo esinengqondo. Mhlawumbe, okungenani lapha, i-Apple kuzodingeka ihlehle. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, cishe ngeke kumlimaze, ngoba vele azikho izesekeli ezinikezwa la madivayisi. Kodwa-ke, ukususwa kombani emikhiqizweni yesikhathi esizayo kuzophinde kusho ukuphela kokusekelwa kwePencil ye-Apple yesizukulwane sokuqala. 

Impendulo yombuzo osesihlokweni se-athikili, yingakho i-Apple kufanele ishintshele ku-USB-C kuyo yonke iphothifoliyo yayo, isobala futhi inamaphuzu alandelayo: 

  • Umbani uhamba kancane 
  • Isebenza kabi 
  • Ayikwazi ukuxhuma amadivayisi amaningi 
  • I-Apple isivele iyisebenzisa kuphela kuma-iPhones kanye ne-iPad eyisisekelo 
  • Ikhebula elilodwa lanele ukuthi ukhokhise iphothifoliyo ephelele yemishini kagesi 
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