A dual-port iPhone mod [YouTube]
Within the presence of rumors that Apple may change from Lightning to USB-C for a future iPhone launch, an engineer has gone one additional, and added a USB-C port to an iPhone 12 mini.
Apple has lengthy been the topic of hypothesis about the way forward for Lightning, and whether or not it would make the change to USB-C sooner relatively than later. In a video revealed on Saturday, it appears somebody wished to see what it might be like earlier than Apple launched its personal model.
The video, by a YouTube person with the id “Hyphaistos3672,” depicts an iPhone 12 mini however with an additional connection within the base. To the aspect of the Lightning port, the individual added their very own USB-C port to the meeting, making a “TwinPort” machine.
To perform this feat, they disassembled the iPhone, positioned a gap within the base the place the brand new port would go, added a USB-C port, wired it as much as connections hooked up to the present {hardware}, and reassembled all of it.
The movies are revealed at a time when Apple is going through stress to truly add USB-C to its {hardware}. Laws by the European Union had been finalized in October 2022 that can drive the usage of frequent charging connections, particularly USB-C, with India additionally aspiring to comply with swimsuit.
