18. Sep 2022 | 9:17 p.m. | 0 comments
The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max feature an improved camera system capable of capturing 48-megapixel ProRAW photos, which preserves more detail in the image file for greater editing flexibility. According to Apple, 48-megapixel ProRAW photos can be around 75MB each, and sometimes even larger. So it’s high time for a faster wired connection option for the iPhone, because the Lightning port is still limited to USB 2.0 speeds.
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Photo transfer via Lightning may take time
Despite the very large image sizes that Apple’s new iPhone Pro models can produce when taking photos, MacRumors found in a test that the Lightning connector is still limited to USB 2.0 speeds of up to 480 Mbit/s. This means that transferring full-resolution 48-megapixel ProRAW photos to a Mac or other device with a Lightning cable is going to take longer than you’d like. This is what the recently reported Photographer Austin Mannthat his test shots were up to 117MB in size, resulting in a long wait when transferring multiple images.
While Apple recommends using wireless data transfer via iCloud or AirDrop to access full-resolution ProRAW files on a Mac or other Apple devices, the Lightning connector remains a bottleneck that photographers in particular would like to shorten in their workflow .
In 2015, the Lightning connector on the first iPad Pro supported USB 3.0, which according to the spec at the time allowed speeds of up to 5Gbps, but Apple obviously decided not to go in that direction with the iPhone. Luckily, rumors suggest that all iPhone 15 models will come with a USB-C connector instead of Lightning, which should result in speeds of up to 10 Gbps, or even up to 40 Gbps with Thunderbolt 3 support .