Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories' family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John share their wishes for iOS and iPadOS 27. On AppStories+, we tackle Visual Intelligence and ...

The Apple USB-C transition officially reached its final stage in February 2025 when the iPhone 16e launched as the last model completing the shift away from Lightning. With the Lightning port end now ...

USB has been around for a long time, evolving from generation to generation. Nowadays, the most common type is USB-C, but for years, Apple was adamant on using its own Lightning port on its ...

The long and short of it is that Apple most likely made the decision to comply with a law imposed by the EU mandating that a multitude of devices have a common charger, which included smartphones.

The good news, as it were, is that the iPhone 17 series claims “up to 50% charge in 20 minutes” with Apple’s new 40W Dynamic Power Adapter. That’s still not super fast, but it is undoubtedly an ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. So, you finally have an iPhone with a USB-C port. Now it's time to try out all the fun accessories that transform your smartphone into ...

Apple’s vanilla iPhone 17 and iPhone Air models still offer USB 2.0 data transfer speeds. Apple has limited the higher USB 3.0 transfer speeds on the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max variants. The iPhone ...

The new iPhone Air is limited to USB 2 transfer speeds and it does not support faster USB 3 transfer speeds like the iPhone 17 Pro models. Apple also didn't update the USB port that it's using for the ...

iPhones are built to last a long time, which means that there are a lot of Lightning-equipped iPhones still in use, even though Apple replaced the Lightning port on its iPhones with USB-C in 2023 with ...

Apple switched the iPhone to USB-C a couple years ago with the iPhone 15 line. But many other devices, including Apple products like the Mac and iPad, went all-in on USB-C much sooner. In 2025, it’s ...

Ken Pillonel has a history of developing clever projects that add USB-C support to gadgets that have less common, outdated port types. After creating the first ever USB-C iPhone back in 2021, the ...