I'm sure you all know that there is a huge difference between iPhone and Android phones. The first is the system. Android is open source, and IOS is closed. On the one hand, it is the data line. Android phones use micro-USB earlier, and the transmission efficiency is slower, while Apple is a unique lightning bolt. In recent years, with the rise of type-C interface, Android phones have adopted more efficient type-C, and even Apple has used type-C on macbook and ipad. For decades, this is the first time for Apple and Android phones? Popularize? . With this precedent, iPhone and Android phones may pass the universal data line.
However, a new patent recently applied by Apple has attracted people's attention. Maybe iPhone doesn't need ordinary C cable on Android phone. After the patented technology is mature, lightning strike will be eliminated and the charging port will be cancelled directly. But from the current technology and implementation speed, it seems impossible to completely abandon the interface. On the contrary, the iPhone will face continued use? Back? The embarrassment of the interface.
In fact, Apple used a very fast type-C interface in the MacBook in 20 15, and the full-screen iPad released in 20 18 also had type-C, which shows that Apple attaches importance to type-C. After all, Type-C has higher transmission efficiency and supports more signal output. Even Apple has made full use of its high-productivity equipment. Since both MacBook and iPad are used, why not use iPhone?
As we all know, lightning data cable is not only expensive, but also prone to failure, and even the data transmission efficiency is gradually lagging behind. I believe we all have feelings in our daily life. Apple has been using the lightning interface since the iPhone5 era and has used it for six generations. According to foreign media reports, the new generation of iPhone will continue to use the lightning interface, which is very disappointing. People can't help but ask, why can macbooks and iPad use the more efficient type-C, but the iPhone can't?
There are actually only two reasons. First, between iPhone and Android phone? Draw a line? Ensure uniqueness; The second is profit. From the actual situation, the latter is more likely. Because lightning is an exclusive interface with built-in MFI authentication chip, third-party manufacturers must be authorized to produce iPhone data cables. In short, you need to pay, or your cable TV won't work. Apple benefits a lot from lightning's patent fees every year.
Among Apple's products, iPhone has the most users, but its productivity is not the strongest. Compared with tablets and laptops that require high transmission speed, it is enough for iPhone to temporarily use lightning interface. After all, the lightning interface has such a high patent fee every year, so it is not difficult to understand that the interests come first when it is unnecessary.