Apple is getting closer to manufacturing an iPhone model that has no ports and screen cutouts. Such a device would recharge and transmit data wirelessly. Its display would cover the front-facing camera and the Face ID components.
Apple wanted the iPhone 17 Air to start that design revolution this year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Over the weekend, Gurman said Apple wanted the ultra-thin iPhone to be a portless phone, ditching the USB-C that’s now standard across Apple’s lineup.
However, Apple supposedly feared regulatory pressures would get in the way, especially the European Union, which forced the USB-C ports on iPhones with recent legislation. A portless iPhone might still happen in the coming years, Gurman said.
While Apple’s worries aren’t official, and I wouldn’t expect the iPhone maker to ever confirm them, it looks like the EU has no problem with portless phones, whether iPhones or something else.
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