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$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device (appleinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device::Apple is selling developers a $300 USB-C dongle to connect the Apple Vision Pro to a Mac, but in this incarnation, it turns out to be no faster than Wi-Fi.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The iPhone 15 pro is usb 3 and I believe current gen iPads are either usb 3 or thunderbolt

[–] tb_ 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The iPhone 15 pro is usb 3

After the EU forced them to adopt USB C

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not about USB C but about the USB version. Only their Pro models have USB 3 but the other ones have USB 2.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reason they have USB2 is because they are using the same motherboard as previous models. They just soldered the USB-c port to where their lightning port used to be.

Meaning their lightning port was about as fast as USB2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not the same motherboard, but the same SoC.

[–] tb_ 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

USB 3 wasn't an option whilst they were sticking with lightning, and if the EU hadn't forced them they clearly wouldn't have switched.

The reason the new non-pro iPhones use USB 2 is because they still use the old chip which previously used lightning, and as such never had a reason to support USB 3.

So I would say this is about the connector, even though you're technically correct that the protocol is separate from the standard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes only the very top model. But get this. They shipped it with a USB 2.0 only cable. You know, just to stick the knife in a little bit anyway. Those guys sure know how to make a joke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The very top model is the Pro Max. Pro is the second top model, by price. But yeah…

As a side note, the cable is actually really nice if usb 2 is fine. It’s super flexible and braided, all of my other braided cables are much more stiff. I would buy a longer one if they made one.