Iphone 11 Pro - USB transfer speeds?

Forums › Apple iOS and devices › Iphone 11 Pro - USB transfer speeds?

Batman

Mad Scientist
29691 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#257428 2-Oct-2019 12:39

My wife's iphone 8 plus only does USB 2 transfer speeds. So copying her videos to the PC takes half a day. She refuses to go to Android.

Was wondering if Iphone 11 Pro has USB 2 or USB 3 transfer speeds?

Was hoping someone with an 11 Pro can do a test and let me know ...

gehenna

8436 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2328375 2-Oct-2019 12:41

Lightning is the limitation. The transfer speed will be the same until they move to USB-C on the device itself.

Wise

Send money globally for less with Wise - one free transfer up to NZ$900 (affiliate link).

Batman

Mad Scientist
29691 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2328376 2-Oct-2019 12:42

That is crazy. THanks anyway. Why do people buy Apple products?

gehenna

8436 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2328378 2-Oct-2019 12:44

Syncing over Wi-Fi might be faster depending on your home's Wi-Fi setup.

Batman

Mad Scientist
29691 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2328379 2-Oct-2019 12:44

gehenna:

Syncing over Wi-Fi might be faster depending on your home's Wi-Fi setup.

Good point. Can someone recommend an app for that? I just want to copy photos to the PC hard drive and then delete all of them from the phone.

On Windows - USB it's very easy to do. Just takes a literal eternity.

gehenna

8436 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2328446 2-Oct-2019 13:33

Turn on Wi-Fi syncing in iTunes and it'll sync media to Windows.

mattwnz

20045 posts

Uber Geek

#2328514 2-Oct-2019 15:24

Batman:

That is crazy. THanks anyway. Why do people buy Apple products?

Probably because 99% of people won't be transferring data via the port these days. People buy iphones for the ease of use and the ecosystem, as things like apple wataches, Macs, etc just work well together with it. You can't have an apple watch without also having an iphone. They don't allow it to pair with an ipad for example. Many people I suspect wouldn't buy an iphone if the apple watch could pair with an ipad, or even pair with android. .

But it is disappointing that their pro iphones don't have USB C. Especially when the ipad pro now has USB C.

Benjip

940 posts

Ultimate Geek

ID Verified

#2328519 2-Oct-2019 15:28

Batman:

That is crazy. THanks anyway. Why do people buy Apple products?

My question is why are you (or your wife) transferring things over USB like it's 2004?

Use a modern solution like iCloud Photos, or upload them to Dropbox from the phone etc.

dt

1152 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#2328521 2-Oct-2019 15:29

mattwnz:

But it is disappointing that their pro iphones don't have USB C. Especially when the ipad pro now has USB C.

Oh that'll be the key feature of the iphone 11s ;)

"Lightning USBC" is what they will call it, which of course will be revolutionary 🤣

Tzoi

424 posts

Ultimate Geek

#2328534 2-Oct-2019 15:43

USB type-C is just a port / connector, it doesn't relate to speed. You can have USB type-C connector that is at 2.0 speeds.