A few days ago, I said to you that this year's new iPhone was exposed to still use Apple's traditional L port, but the EU's recent move is undoubtedly to give Apple a blow, which will force Apple to cancel the L port on the iPhone, it is important that there is no room for negotiation, because the relevant bill has been voted through.
Recently, the European Union's internal organization IMCPC (Market and Consumer Protection Committee) held a vote to 43 (pro): 2 (against) one-sided results to pass a resolution, the main content of the electronic products to fully unify the USB Type-C standard, the resolution has little impact on the Android camp, because the major manufacturers have long begun to go to the C port, although the surface did not say, but the Internet generally believes that the resolution is mainly for Apple.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the year, the relevant EU organizations had a similar vote, but it was not passed at the time (possibly the result of Apple's lobbying), but now it has passed the resolution by an overwhelming margin, and the preliminary formulation of policies related to this resolution must be completed before the end of 2026 in order to make the relevant bill substantively effective.
The relevant resolution contains a wide range of content, including game consoles, electronic toys, as long as you can think of a slightly larger electronic products, are included, only smart watches and other smaller products have been exempted, the EU almost unanimously passed this resolution, proving that the idea of implementing this resolution is very firm.
The IMCPC's adoption of the resolution is only the first step, which will be handed over to all member states for a vote (without any problems), and once voted on in plenary, it will enter into real details, and then the European Parliament will discuss the details of the bill with the member states in order to complete all the procedures by the end of 2026 at the latest, when it will officially enter the mandatory phase, and the bill obviously contains penalties for failure to comply with the resolution due, and the most serious result should be eviction from the market.
Here we should be clear that once anything is affected by the relevant bill, there will be no room for maneuver, which Apple knows better than anyone, and now, Apple does not need to carry out any lobbying activities on the results of the bill, and the penalty of being expelled from the market is unacceptable to Apple, and what needs to be done should be how to adapt to the relevant bill.
Of course, Apple to deal with this problem, can also take another path, the EU implementation of the bill is to reduce the generation of electronic waste, and Apple to achieve the same purpose on the iPhone, can go to a more extreme point, directly cancel the L port, whether it is data transmission or charging, fully integrated into the MagSafe magnetic design.
In fact, Apple has long had similar plans, the next generation of magnetic interface patent diagram has been exposed, to 2026 and then practical application, the time is also appropriate, but in this way, still can not be effectively compatible with Android accessories, this should be Apple's next lobbying focus, will use MFM certification to gradually replace MFI certification, I believe the EU will not necessarily force Apple on the road, as long as the same purpose can be achieved, to some extent it is possible to put Apple on a horse.
Finally, there is a question, magnetic accessories Apple will certainly not be included in the iPhone box, but to use the iPhone normally is indispensable, Apple is changing the way to let users spend more money?