Apple Says It’ll Comply With Mandate to Bring USB-C to iPhone

The European Union has recently passed new regulation that requires device makers selling phones and tablets in Europe to equip them with USB-C ports.

While most Android device manufacturers already feature such a port, the one that’s hit the hardest is none other than Apple, as the Cupertino-based company has been insisting on its proprietary Lightning port for quite some time.

But following the new regulations, Apple will have no other option than to give up on Lightning and go for USB-C.

Apple’s senior VP of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak, recently confirmed in an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern that switching to USB-C is pretty much the only option.

“Obviously, we’ll have to comply; we have no choice,” he said.

According to the new directive, companies will have to provide customers with the option of choosing between purchasing a product with or without a charg… (read more)

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