iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional can cost from 0 to 100% in underneath two hours with a USB-C cable and Apple’s commonplace 20W USB-C charging brick. iPhone 15 can cost at a most of 27 watts over the USB-C port. Nevertheless, that’s unchanged from the iPhone 14 collection which might cost on the similar velocity over Lightning.

What’s totally different although with USB-C is that the iPhone can now output considerably extra energy to equipment. By way of Macotakara, iPhone 15 will be capable of output as much as 4.5 watts to equipment by way of USB-C.

Compared, Lightning on earlier iPhones would output considerably much less, about 0.3 watts most.

This implies the world of iPhone equipment is presumably set to broaden considerably, now that units might be sufficiently powered by the host iPhone itself.

As an example, Bus-powered USB-C moveable exhausting drives can even now be instantly linked to the iPhone to function exterior storage. On iPhone 15 Professional, the USB-C port is USB 3 which permits for information switch as much as 10Gbps.

In the course of the keynote, Apple instructed prospects — in a pinch — may even recharge AirPods or their Apple Watch on the go by plugging them into the iPhone 15 with a USB-C cost cable.

It’s solely a matter of a time earlier than somebody tries to cost an iPhone 15 with an iPhone 15 …

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