• @Soulyezer@lemmy.world
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          And probably have a separate controller? I’m not very technical at all but I’d assume it’s much easier to fit a separate one on a large surface like the iPad has

          Edit: google confirms the iPads have a separate USB3 controller

        • @Jacobp100@lemmy.ml
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          192 years ago

          I had a very quick check and I think iPads use an external chip for USB 3 - and there may just not have been space on the iPhone’s logic board for that. I think you’d have to judge it next year - since the base models seem to be using last year’s pro chips - if the base model doesn’t support 3.1 speeds then, something fishy is happening

    • @webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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      272 years ago

      More like standard capitalism. The usb c connectors are not slower then the lightning connectors so its not like they made it worse. They simply refused to make it better.

      A bit like Nvidia continuing to maken better gpu chips but refusing to have them release with a more VRAM.

      If course in a way, all for profit-companies are malicious. Extracting surplus value from workers and such.

    • HeartyBeast
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      232 years ago

      So - in your opinion - any company shipping a USB 2 device is ‘malicious’?

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
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        -202 years ago

        You obviously don’t get the point. Educate yourself on Apple and USB-C, please.

        • @June@lemm.ee
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          You mean the Apple that provided more than 20% of the engineering force that developed USBC?

          Or the Apple that released the first USBC laptop to market?

          That Apple?

          • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
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            -12 years ago

            Or the apple that fought against USB-C for their phones since basically forever and now implemented it with USB 2? Yes, this one.

    • Ghostalmedia
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      72 years ago

      Apple’s base model hardware usually uses last year’s pro chipsets. They’ve been doing this for a bit now.

      If the trend continues, next year the base model will get all the newer CPUs, micro controllers, etc.

    • lorez
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      If the aim of a company is to maximize profits then every company in Apple’s stead would do the same thing. Not defending it but that’s the world we created.