The European Union warns Apple about the limits of USB-C on the iPhone 15

The European Union and its new legislation require large companies to include the USB-C port as a charging method before December 2024. Rumors suggest that Apple will introduce USB-C to your iPhone 15 that same month of September. However, in March, a leaker reported that the Big Apple may consider limiting device charging speeds through a chip inserted into the charging port that would limit non-Apple-certified cables. The European Union has already sent a letter to Apple warning that such practices would be illegal.

EU on iPhone 15: limiting USB-C is illegal

The history of USB-C gives a lot to tell, especially since the legislation comes from the European Union and is nothing more than an imposition to change the charging port. Eventually, Apple will introduce USB-C to the iPhone 15 in September. Some experts, as we have already mentioned, in March signaled Apple’s intentions to reintroduce the MFI certificate to apply limitations to these cables in terms of both charging and transfer speeds.

However, a German media reported a few weeks ago that the European Union had sent a letter to Apple. The goal? Warn that any limitation of functions would be illegal taking into account the new guidelines approved in October 2022. In fact, the author is Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, who signed the letter and indicated that if these limitations are applied, the iPhone 15 could not be marketed in the European Union when the law took effect.

Remember that the law officially comes into force in December 2024, so if this is the case, the iPhone 15 could still be marketed with these limitations on USB-C. However, of the European Union advocate that companies begin to prepare their devices In view of the beginning of the validity of the legislation and they are already working on an explanatory file of the most controversial points of the law to ensure a “uniform interpretation” of it throughout the world.