From CNET: Apple will change the primary cable port for its iPhones to comply with new European Union rules that require every new smartphone to work with a common USB-C charging cable by 2024, a company executive said Tuesday.
Two top-level Apple executives suggested they aren't particularly happy about the new rules when discussing them on stage Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California. Originally, Apple believed it had come to a compromise with EU regulators by offering a cord in the box with its iPhones that plugged into USB-C on one end and its proprietary Lightning cable on the other.
"We have no choice -- as we do around the world, [Apple will] comply with local laws," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing. "We think it would have been better environmentally and better for our customers to not have a government be that prescriptive."
Apple's been steadily adding USB-C ports to its Mac computers and iPad tablets. It's also been rumored to be working on iPhones with USB-C ports for a while now, so it's not a terribly surprising admission.
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