Apple Starts Working on EarPods with a USB Type-C Port, Ready for the iPhone 15?

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Apple is reportedly working on EarPods with a USB-C cable for the iPhone 15 lineup coming out in the coming months. These devices will be an alternative to the AirPods covered under the Made for iPhone (MFi) program.

This news was leaked by a leakster famous name, ShrimpApplePro, via its Twitter account. He stated that the MFi or Made for iPhone program for USB-C cables and this new version of EarPods is currently in mass production.

For your information, MFI is Apple’s certification standard for various accessories, selling parts, and providing chips to certain companies for authentication. This program aims to ensure that accessories connected to iPhone meet Apple’s quality standards.

Information from leakster This circulated amid new regulations set by the European Union in October 2022. This rule requires the use of the USB C port as a universal charging standard for all devices marketed there.

On the other hand, previously, some users of the Chinese social networking platform Weibo expressed doubts that Apple would include USB-C accessories in the program.

“Apple has made its own type C, ie lightning interface IC which will be used in this year’s new iPhones and MFi-certified peripherals,” they wrote in their discussion, quoted from Apple InsidersFriday (28/4/2023).

The iPhone 14 series launched four models, namely the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. There is no increase in terms of price starting from IDR 11.9 million.