The first iPhone without a Lightning port has been rumored for release for a long time, with some analysts saying that Apple has been working on such a device for some time, but apparently it is getting closer to being put on sale. Specifically, according to a reputable Asian analyst, the first iPhone without a Lightning port would be released to customers around the world sometime in 2021, but of course nothing is 100% certain at this point.
Although there have been rumors suggesting that Apple will launch an iPhone with a USB-C port, it seems that the reality is a bit different from what we have been hearing through rumors, so that Apple would like to sell one without any integrated port. It is quite difficult to launch an iPhone that has no ports and only wireless charging, which is very slow anyway, but Apple seems to be determined to do something like this for customers all over the world.
First iPhone WITHOUT Lightning Port Rumored again for Launch
Apple has been trying for some time to force its customers to give up interaction with PCs when it comes to using the iPhone, and this would be a new step in that direction, perhaps this time a successful one. Apple has increased the storage space of iCloud, offers the option of wireless synchronization with iTunes for some time, promotes wireless updates, and in general would like the world to completely give up cables in the future.
"Apple will create greater differentiation between top and high-end models. It will benefit from the delivery of the high quality model and iPhone ASP model. Among the new 2H21 iPhone models, we expect the highest-end model to cancel the [Lightning] port and offer a fully wireless experience.”
The problem for Apple is that wireless charging is very slow, even slower in the iPhone than in other phone models, offering only a little more energy than a standard charger. By giving up the Lightning port, those from Apple would take a big step back, and would complicate their lives because they would have difficulty connecting to phones that refuse to turn on, for example, but they probably think everything in advance.
Apple could release this new iPhone model in 2021, but it could just as well release it much later, so it remains to be seen what the plans of those from Cupertino will be in the end to sell their devices on a large scale .
