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CTOnews.com, December 8 (Xinhua)-- on October 24 this year, the Council of Europe approved the new regulations of the European Parliament on general chargers and finally established the legislative process, which means that by the end of 2024, the USB-C interface will become a mandatory requirement for a series of electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets and headphones, and users will no longer need to buy a different charger every time they buy a new mobile phone or similar device. All of these can be recharged using the same charger.

The mandatory rule was officially released in the official EU Gazette today, and according to previous regulations, the new rule will come into effect 20 days later, when EU member states will have up to 24 months to apply it as a national law. that is, it will become a mandatory standard for all EU member states on December 28, 2024.

CTOnews.com learned that the official document said:

(member States) shall apply these measures to the categories or categories of radio equipment described in points 1.1 to 1.12 of part I of Annex Ia from 28 December 2024 and to the categories or categories of radio equipment described in point 1.13 of part I of Annex Ia from 28 April 2026.

Points 1.1 to 1.12 refer to devices such as tablets, digital cameras, headphones and handheld video game consoles, effective December 28, 2024

Point 1.13 refers to laptops, effective April 28, 2026.

Both Tianfeng International analyst Guo Mingyi and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman say Apple is testing a version of iPhone with a USB-C interface instead of a Lightning interface. Guo Mingyi believes that Apple will switch from iPhone to USB-C from the iPhone 15 series in 2023, and then transition to AirPods and other accessories.

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