This month the new Macbook Air and Macbook Pro lines will probably be announced with the occurrence of the World Wide Developer Conference at Apple. It is widely speculated that both Mac laptop models will have only USB-C connectors and any legacy USB ports will be removed--bringing the rest of Apple's laptops inline with the Macbook which already has only USB-C since late 2015.
This probably spells the beginning of the end of the lightning connector on iOS devices as well. The flexibility of USB-C over Lightning means that power, video, audio, and data will go over one cable at roughly the same speeds as anything that lightning could offer.
From a power standpoint, USB-C for iOS devices in particular won't change that much. There are already cables which have USB-C on one side and the USB Type A cable on the other, which is the standard rectangular connector we all know and love. This means that your iPad Air charger or current power bank can already provide power to your iOS device with just a different cable.
What you should be thinking about, especially if you're in the market for a new power bank or USB charging device is whether or not it supports USB-C. Why? Because other than iOS devices or Samsung Galaxy tablets, a notebook could be powered by a large power bank while on the go through the USB-C connector. Think about this. If you have a notebook today and you were either on an extended trip or flight and you wanted to carry extra power for it, what do you do? Unless the airlines provides an AC plug for your laptop, you're out of luck, really. For the first time, we're seeing standard, albeit large power banks which many of us already use and love being able to power our laptops through one port: USB-C
To understand the difference between lightning and USB-C check out the article written by Vlad Savov on The Verge entitled, "For Thunderbolt and Lighting, USB-C is very, very frightening:"
The new MacBook represents Apple's vision for "the future of the notebook." That future is defined by thinness, lightness, and an almost total abandonment of external connectivity ports. Other than the mandatory headphone jack, there's just one port available on the MacBook: a USB Type-C connection that takes care of power, data transfers, and display output. Here's how Apple explains its choice of connector:Today, there are a number of USB-C ready power banks to choose from. here's a quick list to help you decide if they're right for you...
"As long as we were going to include a port for charging the new MacBook, we wanted to make sure it was the most advanced and versatile one available."
The new MacBook represents Apple's vision for "the future of the notebook." That future is defined by thinness, lightness, and an almost total abandonment of external connectivity ports. Other than the mandatory headphone jack, there's just one port available on the MacBook: a USB Type-C connection that takes care of power, data transfers, and display output. Here's how Apple explains its choice of connector:
"As long as we were going to include a port for charging the new MacBook, we wanted to make sure it was the most advanced and versatile one available."
There was once a time when Apple saw the connected future built around a pair of boldly titled interconnects: Thunderbolt for laptops and desktop computers, and Lightning for its mobile iOS devices. But the company's pursuit of a completely wireless laptop now bodes poorly for the future of Thunderbolt and even casts some doubt over the long-term prospects of Lightning.
Co-developed by Intel and Apple and introduced in the 2011 MacBook Pro, Thunderbolt promised to be the thing that made us leave USB behind. In simple terms, Thunderbolt is a much fatter and faster pipe for data transfers than USB, and it makes it possible to connect big storage arrays and high-resolution displays to your MacBook. Some four years after its introduction, however, Thunderbolt is still narrowly focused on high-end applications and hasn't been adopted or aggressively promoted by many PC makers beyond Apple.
USB 3.1 with the smaller, reversible USB Type-C usurps the entire purpose of Thunderbolt cables for regular consumers. It lets you plug in your external hard drives — which make up the vast majority of the 50 Thunderbolt products on Apple's online store — and pushes video out to external displays. Type-C is easier to use than Thunderbolt and appears to be cheaper to implement, making it a no-brainer upgrade. Simple, less expensive, and still fast. Read the rest here...
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If you need a new power bank you should really consider the new ones coming out with USB-C ports. As USB-C becomes more popular, backed by Apple, you'll be all set to charge any of those devices!
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Look for Power Banks which have USB-C As This New Connector Comes into Its Own was originally published to BestUSBCharging
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