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iPhone 12: I had high hopes for a return to USB-C, but then MagSafe arrived – CNET
Commentary: Lightning looks like it’s turning right into MagSafe. But USB-C shouldn’t be shut out.
Come on already.
Sarah Tew/CNET
I had high hopes that the iPhone 12 would move to a universal port that’s already everywhere. Instead, it’s traded one proprietary format for another. The iPhone 12 didn’t get USB-C at Apple’s October event. (Here’s how to buy all four Apple 12 models.) Instead, it kept Lightning and added a new MagSafe connector.
I’ve been impressed by MagSafe on the iPhone 12 Pro so far. But I’m also starting to accept that USB-C on the iPhone will never happen. And the two shouldn’t…
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