iPhone 17 Pro retained at USB 3 speeds lke iPhone 16 Pro
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A handful of people who will actually use the USB-C port of the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air will be disappointed to learn that Apple has introduced no improvements in this area, El.kz cites wccftech.com.
The maximum data transfer speeds have not changed from last year’s iPhone 16 Pro, and if you have plans to get one of the company’s ‘Pro’ models, this is one of the limitations that you will experience.
Like the iPhone Air, the iPhone 17 only supports USB 2 speeds, resulting in maximum transfer speeds of 480Mb/s
Starting with the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, both models’ USB-C ports support USB 3 speeds, which can reach 10Gb/s or 10 gigabits per second. As for the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air, these are limited to USB 2 speeds, or 480Mb/s. In short, the non-Pro versions have not advanced from the outdated Lightning port’s maximum transfer speeds, showing that, regardless of what improvements Apple showcases during the event, like other companies, it does not shy away from cutting corners.
The 10Gb/s limit equals 1.25GB/s, or 1.25 gigabytes per second, or 1,250MBps, or 1,250 megabytes per second. As for the USB 2 speeds, you will only be reaching 60MB/s, or 60 megabytes per second, which is disappointing to see because the iPhone Air starts from $999, which is considered a premium asking price and was the amount that customers had to pay for a base iPhone 16 Pro from last year, which supports USB 3 speeds.
Then again, Apple’s probable reasoning is that only a small percentage of users will actually take advantage of the USB-C port to transfer data, giving the company less of an incentive to upgrade the underlying technology. As for others, they will likely employ the more convenient way and use the Wi-Fi 7 chips to download their files of choice at a significantly faster rate.
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