The charging port of the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 has a major drawback

According to BGR, the iPhone 17 series is creating a fever globally with its new Liquid Glass interface and significant hardware upgrades. However, a weakness has been discovered on the standard versions, continuing to be a big disappointment for a large number of users.

The newly launched iPhone 17 has revealed a flaw in the charging port.

Specifically, despite complying with the general charging port regulations, Apple was once again discovered to have intentionally limited the data transfer speed on the USB-C port of the regular iPhone 17 and the new iPhone Air model. Similar to their predecessors, these two models are stuck at the USB 2.0 standard with a maximum speed of only 480 Mbps - an outdated number compared to current technology.

The truth about the USB-C port on iPhone 17 and iPhone Air

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Meanwhile, the high-end versions of the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are favored with the USB 3.0 standard, providing transmission speeds of up to 10 Gbps, which is more than 20 times faster. This clear discrimination by Apple is creating a big debate in the technology community.

So does this drawback affect the user experience? For ordinary users, the answer may be "no". Experts say that most people today mainly transfer data wirelessly via AirDrop or cloud storage. The factors they care about most when buying a device are still the screen, battery life and user experience - points that the iPhone 17 still does well.

However, for professional users and content creators, this is a big minus point. The slow USB 2.0 speed will be a barrier when transferring large 4K video files or when wanting to record and store directly on an external hard drive. Basically, this strategy of Apple seems to be 'forcing' users with high needs to spend a large amount of money to upgrade to the Pro line.

One rare bright spot is that Apple still equips 40W fast charging technology for the basic models, meaning this limitation only affects data speeds, not charging speeds. Still, this is a confusing and disappointing decision from Apple in 2025.

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