Will the Lightning cable also disappear from iPhone boxes?

In 2020, the Cupertino company began a particular strategy. She hasremoved the chargers from the boxes of its iPhone and Apple Watch on sale. EarPods headphones are also no longer supplied with iPhones (except in France, where a hands-free kit must always accompany a smartphone) for a few weeks and the release of the new generation models.

In France, we are therefore still entitled to the pair of Lightning earbuds and the USB-Lighning cable for any iPhone purchase. While the presence of the first, dictated by law, is currently guaranteed in the medium term, for the second, the future is more uncertain.

Indeed, according to the latest rumors, Apple could at some point offer an iPhone without any charging ports. And this movement towards wireless charging, confirmed by the new generation 12 delivered without a mains charger, integrating MagSafe connectivity and arriving accompanied by new wireless charging accessories on the shelves (MagSafe and MagSafe Duo), only supports this hypothesis. of aall-wireless future for the Apple smartphone.

So the USB Lightning cable couldwill soon disappear from iPhone boxes. The Cupertino giant would consider taking this step, as suggested by a survey it offers to some of its users. This survey revealed by 9to5Mac aims to measure customer satisfaction with Face ID, but it also questions customers' use of the accessories supplied with the iPhone, including the USB-Lightning cable.

We remember that the Californian societyalso investigateda few months ago with its users about their use of the mains charger supplied with the iPhone. A little later, Apple removed the charger from all its smartphones and watches on sale.

These different elements therefore suggest that the USB-Lighning cable will indeed disappear from iPhone boxes in the future, it remains to be seen when this will be the case. About it,several analystshave already counted on 2021 for the arrival of an iPhone without any port. This would mean that next year, the Lightning charging cable would no longer have any use with the new generation of Apple smartphones and would therefore no longer be supplied in the box. Head over to the iPhone 13 release to see what it will be like.

Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.