This is a debate that has been on the table for several months if not years in the European Union and it is as we all already know the attempt to standardize all connection ports to a single port, USB C. This would be finding different problems but the last vote held by the European Commission resulted in 582 votes in favor of the sole charger, 50 votes against and 37 abstentions, which means that the norm could be officially announced next July 2020.
So Apple now has a serious problem if this officially advances so it will run out of arguments and options in the old continent to defend its position against standardizing USB C in its iPhone. The analyst Ming-Chi Kuo explained for some time that he has been saying that Apple will add this port in the iPhone of 2021, so everything seems to be going the way and the end of the Lightning connector would be closer and closer. This has good and bad points, like all changes.
Apple claimed in the European Union that adding USB C on the iPhone will not be as good as they believe since they closes doors to innovationThey also warned that many users in the EU have accessories, cables and other devices with the Lightning connector, so this means large electronic waste and extra costs for them. This point clashes head-on precisely with what the European Union advocates, which says that it is an urgent need to adapt all electronic devices to a single port and thus reduce electronic “waste”.
The iPad Pro of 2018, the latest MacBook or iMac models already have the USB C port as their only port today and the iPhone remains to be renewed, Will this time be the final one? In July we will finally know if Apple has to sell in Europe the iPhone with USB C port instead of Lightning.