Apple confirms iPhone to get USB-C charging to comply with EU law

Apple will have to comply with a European Union law that mandates electronic gadgets have a prevalent charging typical — regarded as USB-C — the company’s marketing and advertising main confirmed.

“Obviously we’ll have to comply,” Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of around the world advertising and marketing, mentioned at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live meeting on Tuesday.

On Monday, ministers from EU member states gave the closing acceptance to the frequent charger law which suggests that by 2024, electronic devices such as mobile telephones and tablets will have to have to assist USB-C charging.

The European Council’s stamp of approval will come after other EU legislative bodies voted in favor of the regulation which has been all over 10 decades in the generating.

Apple’s Iphone takes advantage of its proprietary Lightning charger. Under approaching EU regulation, the Iphone would need to have to help USB-C.

Joswiak did not say when Apple would introduce USB-C to its flagship smartphone but it would need to have to happen by 2024.

Analysts previously told CNBC that iPhones scheduled to be unveiled in 2023 could be geared up with USB-C charging and that Apple is very likely to introduce the typical globally, not just in the European Union.

EU lawmakers argue the principles will lower wastage as customers do not want to obtain a new charger every time they buy a product. The EU explained that this will decrease generation and the disposal of new chargers.

Joswiak took a swipe at the EU for the charging legislation, admitting that the two sides have been in a “little bit of a disagreement.”

“We feel the strategy would have been better environmentally and superior for our customers to not have a federal government be that prescriptive,” Joswiak reported.