The iPhone 16 does not move up a gear in this area

Last year, Apple began moving to USB-C with the launch of the iPhone 15 line. This transition continues with the new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, which also use USB-C for charging .

However, it seems that Apple has not seized the opportunity to improve transfer speeds with this new connection.We could have expected better.

A disappointing status quo

Transfer speeds remain unchanged on new iPhone models. iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus maintain speedsUSB 2 up to 480 Mb/s, identical to those of the Lightning port. For their part, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max offer speedsUSB 3 up to 10 Gbps. Confusion arose during Monday's event, however, when Apple mentioned 3 faster speeds when talking about the A18 Pro.

However, USB 3.0 has many significant advantages over USB 2.0. As specified above, on the one hand it offers transfer speedsup to 20 times faster. In addition, USB 3.0 allowsfull duplex data transfer. This is the ability to transfer data simultaneously in both directions. The standard also offers better power management for faster charging of devices.

A surprising choice

Apple's choice not to improve USB-C transfer speeds on the new iPhones is surprising. It's hard to understand why Apple hasn't taken advantage of this transition to USB-C to offer faster transfer speeds to its users.

Let's hope that the Cupertino company plans to improve this aspect in future generations of iPhone. Meanwhile, if you're looking for super-fast transfer speeds,you will have to look to the Pro models.

• See also the video summary of the Apple conference, signed Presse-citron.net: