The iphone15 uses Type-C USB

• On September 12, 2023, Apple officially released the iPhone 15 series of mobile phones, which triggered the attention and hot discussion of consumers around the world. One of the most notable changes is the introduction of Type-C USB for the first time in the iPhone 15 series, replacing the Lightning connector that was introduced with the iPhone 5 in 2012. What does the change from the original Lightning Cable to the Type-C Cable mean? Will the Type-C USB on the iPhone 15 work with Android phones? This is a topic on many people's minds.

USB Type-C connector

• USB Type-C connector, is a new universal serial bus (USB) interface specification, launched in 2014, with the advantages of two-way plug, high-speed transmission, multi-function expansion. At present, many Android phones, tablets, laptops and other devices have adopted USB Type-C connectors to achieve compatibility and interconnection between devices.
• So, will the iPhone 15's USB Type-C connector work with Android phones? Our latest real machine measurement, the answer is iPhone 15 Type-C Cable, in addition to not being used for Huawei mobile phone charging, universal all Android Type-C USB fast charging. However, Android Type-C Cable can also charge the iPhone 15, and can only charge 5V2A normally. Huawei's Super fast charging Cable also doesn't support charging the iPhone 15. When Apple designed the Type-C USB connector, it did not follow the USB standard exactly, but added its own unique design and limitations.

Features of USB Type-C connector for IPhone 15 series and Android USB Type-C connector:

1. The IPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus only support USB 2.0 version, transfer speed of up to 480Mbps, similar to the previous Lightning port. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra support a Thunderbolt port, which uses a Type-C USB3.0 port for up to 10Gb/s, but requires a USB3 cable with a transfer rate of 10Gb/s. More input and output options have been added, including data, audio, video, display, power and more.
2. The IPhone 15 series Type-C USB data cable and connector use 14-pin USB Type-C, Android Type-C USB data cable and connector use 11-pin USB Type-C, the surface is the same, but the internal structure is completely different.
3. The IPhone 15 series Type-C Cable and Android Type-C Cable want to achieve fast charging between each other, we have a solution, add two 10NF capacitors on the USB Type-C PCB, you can achieve mutual universal fast charging Type-C Cable.
4. The original Type-C Cable of IPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus uses 6 core wire. Android Type-C Cable can be used with 5 core wire and 6 core wire. With our solution, the IPhone 15 uses 5 core wire to charge and transfer data quickly.