iPhone will get USB-C charging port, says Apple executive

An Apple executive would not be drawn on when the connection will be introduced to the iPhone, saying only that 'the Europeans are the ones dictating timing for European customers'

Apple’s iPhone is to move to a USB-C connector in order to comply with new EU laws which require small electronics to come with the charging port (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

The iPhone is to move to a USB-C connector in order to comply with new EU laws which require small electronics to come with the charging port.

Apple executive Greg Joswiak told a Wall Street Journal technology conference in California that the company has “no choice” but to comply with the law as it does with all local rules around the world.