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So is the USB C port happening or still a rumor?
Almost certainly happening based rumors and supply chain leaks, but we won’t know for sure to Apple officially announces it.
Technically the law doesn’t apply until late December 2024 so the 15 and 16 could both be lightning still if Apple wanted to do that.
Apple pretty much confirmed it due to EU regulations.
On a side note, I think that level of regulation is dumb. Who decides when it’s time to move on from USB-C when a suitable replacement is made by someone? This isn’t 30 years ago. There’s effectively 2 charger types left. Silly to dictate that one standard needs to be used when the market sorted that out long ago.
There's a process built into the EU regulation to update it as improvements become possible with a potential switch to a new standard:
Yeah when phones moved from micro USB to USB c the regulations were fluid enough to handle it without any fuss. When we have the next standard I'd expect the same.