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This might be the iPhone 15’s USB-C port

This might be the iPhone 15’s USB-C port

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An alleged picture of the iPhone 15’s USB-C port follows months of speculation that Apple is finally kicking the Lightning port to the curb this year.

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A picture of three USB-C modules stacked on one another. The bottom is light green, the middle light blue, and the top is black.
An alleged image of the iPhone 15 USB-C port.
Image: Majin Bu

Apple said last year it will bring USB-C to the iPhone, and now alleged pictures of the iPhone 15’s USB-C port hint at light blue and green colors for Apple’s new non-Pro phones, according to leaker Majin Bu (via AppleInsider). The images, which were shared on X (formerly Twitter) this morning, show three naked USB-C modules in the two colors, as well as a dark, black shade. In addition, Majin Bu shared pictures of somewhat crude mock-ups of the phone, including one with an apparently off-center hole for the USB-C port.

Majin Bu later clarified that the existence of a green USB-C port doesn’t mean there will actually be a green iPhone at launch, guessing Apple will release it in the spring, something the company’s done with lighter colors for a few years now.

Apple usually announces its next-generation iPhones in September, which is coming up fast. Longtime Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote on Medium today that the company has already prepped to start mass-shipping the phones later this week, undercutting shipment delay fears.

Another rumor claims that Apple is ending its leather iPhone case line this year and will instead release a new “woven-textured style” leather alternative case “for environmental and sustainability reasons,” writes 9to5Mac today, citing posts on Weibo by Uncle Pan and X by DuanRui. An X post from Majin Bu corroborated the rumor but posted images they later said were unofficial genuine leather cases they thought would look similar to Apple’s alleged new cases.

A screenshot of the Weibo post from Uncle Pan.
A screenshot of the Uncle Pan Weibo post sharing the alleged new cases.
Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge

Apple’s new phones could get key changes beyond just USB-C, including a new configurable “action” button that replaces the mute switch on older phones, a Dynamic Island cutout across the iPhone 15 line, thinner bezels, and a lighter titanium frame for the Pro phones. Apple could also be raising the price of its flagship Pro models, while rumors of solid-state volume buttons seem to have fallen apart lately.

As always, take these rumors with a grain of salt. The next Apple event is almost certainly weeks away, but it hasn’t been announced, and neither have these phones and cases.