European Parliament gives green light for single charger

Last week, the European Parliament put an end to years-old debates. By a very large majority, 582 votes to 40, parliamentarians adopted a new resolution which aims to put an end to the shipper war. Indeed,“The oversupply of chargers leads to excessive costs and inconvenience for consumers in addition to generating an unnecessary ecological footprint» according to the parliamentarians who therefore used the law to regulate this market and set a common European standard.

The future will therefore be USB-C, already adopted by a large number of manufacturers under Android, the big change is expected from Apple, which will, willy-nilly, also have to adopt USB-C as a charging port for its European iPhones.

But Apple doesn't seem ready to abandon its trusty Lightning cable. In a statement made to the Financial Times about this new European standard, the Cupertino company said it was worried about this decision and hoped that “thehe European Commission will continue to seek a solution that does not restrict the industry's ability to innovate and bring exciting new technologies to customers. »

USB-C as an inevitable universal solution?

But despite this pro-innovation speech, Apple risks not having much freedom when it comes to the charger of its iPhones of the future. Indeed,the apple brand will most certainly apply this European resolution in the coming years, perhaps even before its implementation by Brussels, so as to avoid any conflict with institutions which already do not see the apple in a very favorable light on the old continent.

Because it isle Lightningis Apple's trademark when it comes to charging ports, USB-C is not unknown to Apple either. The latter has already adopted it on its iPads and Macs, and this new standard seems set to replace, in the more or less near future, the Lightning. But Apple's recent release of its very first audio headset, the AirPods Max, which for its part, brings to the forefront a Lightning cable that seemed destined for the bottom of the drawer, has led with a little more of doubts about Apple's choices in the coming years regarding the charging of its iPhones.

This European standard could also force Apple to switch to 100% wireless charging, a long-term objective that greatly appeals to the leaders of Cupertino.