Η Apple, opposes her plans The European Union to enforce one common charger from all companies, something that would force her to. abandon her own type charger lightning for iPhones and iPads.
Η The company claims that such a development would delay innovation, create a large volume of e-waste and irritate consumers. Apple's reaction came a week after the European Parliament decided in favor of a common charger for all mobile phones.
This would affect the American company more than any other company, as most of its products use the Lightning cable to charge, while Android devices use USB cables.
The European Commission, which has been promoting a common charger for at least a decade, will release its final study on the effects of a common charger by early February, according to Reuters. The Commission intends to legislate the existence of the common charger, since the policy of voluntary compliance has not been adopted by Apple so far.
The Commission estimates that waste cables generate more than 51.000 tonnes of waste each year, which is a burden on the environment.
In 2009 there were about 30 different chargers on the market, but in the process there are only three left (with the corresponding ports on mobile devices): micro-USB, USB-C and Lightning. The latter was introduced by Apple in 2012 and since then, according to the company, more than one billion of its Lightning devices have been sold.
What Apple supports for the common charger
Apple claims that hundreds of millions of its devices in Europe will have to be equipped with a new charger if the public prevails. The company uses USB-C in Macbook laptops and the latest iPad Pro, while emphasizing that the USB-C adapter is compatible with all iPhone and iPad devices.
«It is becoming increasingly difficult to understand why Apple insists so much on using Lightning, as the industry now uses USB-C as a standard and Apple itself has many devices that use USB-CSaid CCS Insight analyst Ben Wood, according to the BBC.
As he said, it is possible that Apple "has a long-term goal of completely eliminating all ports and using only wireless charging in the future».
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