Mark Gurman writes within the subscriber version of his Power On e-newsletter for Bloomberg from this morning that he expects Apple to complete its transition to USB-C by 2025. Gurman says that, along with different merchandise, he expects the corporate will launch USB-C variations of the now-discontinued MagSafe Battery Pack and the MagSafe Duo “ultimately. However don’t maintain your breath.”
By comparability, Apple took both a bit of over a month or about two years to completely transfer over to Lightning, relying on the way you take a look at it.
The corporate retired the 30-pin port from its most vital merchandise when it launched the fourth-gen iPad a bit of over a month after the iPhone 5’s September 2012 debut. But it surely additionally saved the iPod Basic in its secure till 2014, when it finally discontinued the well-known MP3 participant’s older kind issue.
Gurman additionally writes {that a} new iMac, which could launch next month, will convey USB-C “Magic” equipment like a mouse and keyboard. Then he expects the corporate will launch new non-Professional and Max AirPods with USB-C. That leaves few first-party merchandise Apple sells that still use Lightning, just like the first-generation Apple Pencil and the iPhone SE.