Confirmed! Apple iPhones to come with USB-C charging port - All you need to know

Apple iPhones: In good news for Apple fans around the world, the company has confirmed that Apple will use USB-C charging port for iPhones. The confirmation came from Apple's senior vice president Greg Joswiak. The EU recently formalised new legislation that will require most personal electronics to switch to USB-C for charging and data transfer.

"Now, for the first time, Apple has confirmed that it will have to comply with this new regulation, even though the company still fundamentally disagrees with the basis of the new common charger regulations, citing the WSJ, as per 9To5Mac," IANS reported. 

Joswiak explained that USB-C and Lightning are the world's two most popular connectors, with over one billion people using a Lightning cable. According to Joswiak, Apple believes that the company struck a balance by using a type of cable that you can disconnect from the power brick, meaning one side can have Lightning and the other can have whichever sort of connector is most convenient for the user, such as USB-C or USB-A, the report said.

Joswiak said that the EU lawmakers and Apple have "been in this little bit of a disagreement" about the idea of a common charger regulation. He noted that even though the EU has good intentions, it's a tricky thing to regulate. In particular, he points out that the EU lawmakers once tried to standardise on the now-outdated micro-USB connector.

Meanwhile, Apple said that iMessage and FaceTime are now up after a brief downtime. According to The Verge, the tech giant claims to have resolved the issue with both the applications that caused "message not delivered" errors for about half an hour.

On outage monitor website Downdetector, there were thousands of claims that the service was not functioning. Any minor interruption for a service as popular as iMessage will have a significant impact on many users.