Apple

Aug 21, 2023BF3E-0002Not comparable

Kosutami: iPhone 15 to get braided USB-C cables

The iPhone 15 line could ship with braided USB-C-to-USB-C charging cables.

Leaker Kosutami reported that the iPhone 15 line would ship with braided, color-matched USB-C-to-USB-C charging cables, replacing a decade of Lightning charging on the device end.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe iPhone 15 line could ship with braided USB-C-to-USB-C charging cables.
  2. Who said it, and whenKosutami reported it on Aug 21, 2023 in 9to5Mac.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 15 was announced on Sep 12, 2023, 22 days after this report. From our product record · source
  4. The verdict, and whyNot comparableThis measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.Why: The assertion is framed as a possibility about cable/port packaging or capability; the retail configuration cannot establish whether that option was considered before launch.
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Right
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Partly right
Some of this was right and some of it was not.
Wrong
It did not turn out this way.
Moving target
This was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it.
Never settled
The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.
Not comparable
This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.
No outcome yet
Nothing has happened yet that would prove this right or wrong.
Not checked yet
The company has answered this. We have not finished checking this one.
Checked
Checked means the company has since given an answer and we compared it with what was reported. Details still waiting on an answer, details nothing can settle, details where the plan itself changed, and details we have not finished reviewing are all counted separately and are not part of that number.
Moving target
A moving target is a report that described the plan accurately at the time, on a product the company then changed. We count these on their own: it would flatter a reporter to call them right, and it would blame a reporter for a decision that was not theirs to call them wrong.
Reported by
Kosutami
We read it in
9to5Mac
Product
Apple iPhone 15 · reported as “iPhone 15”
Read it at 9to5Mac

The story of this report

  1. Aug 21, 2023Kosutami reported it · 9to5Mac
  2. Sep 12, 2023Apple iPhone 15 was announced · from our product record
  3. VerdictNot comparableWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Kosutami · Leaker

11 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 2 we have checked, 0 held up. The other 9 are not part of that number: 1 moving target, 2 never settled, 2 not comparable, 4 no outcome yet.

Every report from Kosutami

Other reports about Apple iPhone 15

11 reports about Apple iPhone 15 from 3 sources. Of the 5 we have checked, 5 held up.

Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone 15 report turn out to be true?
Not comparable. This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared. The assertion is framed as a possibility about cable/port packaging or capability; the retail configuration cannot establish whether that option was considered before launch.
Who reported it first?
Kosutami reported it on Aug 21, 2023 in 9to5Mac.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 22 days before Apple iPhone 15 was announced on Sep 12, 2023.