Apple’s next-generation iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max will function a USB-C port with help for at the least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3, in response to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, which might give the units a big pace benefit over present fashions.

Thunderbolt 3 theoretically presents bandwidth of as much as 40 Gbps, whereas the Lightning connector has USB 2.0 speeds of as much as 480 Mbps on all present iPhones. Even with real-world efficiency limitations, an iPhone 15 Professional with a Thunderbolt-enabled USB-C port would supply considerably sooner information switch speeds with a Thunderbolt cable, making it a lot faster to get giant recordsdata on and off of the iPhone, reminiscent of 48-megapixel ProRAW images.
Even when the iPhone 15 Professional fashions solely get USB 3.2 help, that will imply theoretical switch speeds of between 5 Gbps and 20 Gbps relying on the precise specification, which might nonetheless be considerably sooner than Lightning.
Most iPads with USB-C ports already supply sooner switch speeds. iPad Professional fashions with the M1 chip and newer help Thunderbolt 3 for bandwidth of as much as 40 Gbps, the fifth-generation iPad Air is able to 10 Gbps, and the fourth-generation iPad Air and newest iPad mini are able to as much as 5 Gbps. The only exception is the brand new Tenth-generation normal iPad with a USB-C port, which stays restricted to USB 2.0 speeds.
Just like the Tenth-generation iPad, Kuo mentioned the usual iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will stay restricted to USB 2.0 speeds, regardless of switching to a USB-C port. AirDrop would stay an possibility for sooner wi-fi information transfers on these units.
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