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So is the USB C port happening or still a rumor?
My guess is that we get USB-C but it stays locked down like the iPad Pro.
Almost certainly happening based rumors and supply chain leaks, but we won’t know for sure to Apple officially announces it.
Technically the law doesn’t apply until late December 2024 so the 15 and 16 could both be lightning still if Apple wanted to do that.
There's a process built into the EU regulation to update it as improvements become possible with a potential switch to a new standard:
Yeah when phones moved from micro USB to USB c the regulations were fluid enough to handle it without any fuss. When we have the next standard I'd expect the same.
Micro usb was never mandated but all the manufacturers moved to it because they expected the EU to eventually mandate it. But by the time the law was voted, the mandated port became the usb-c.