iPhone 15 Compatible with Android USB C Cable for Safe Charging

Ever since Apple released the iPhone 15 series with a USB C charging port, people have been interested to know if the new iPhones can be charged with your existing USB C cable. Some videos went viral claiming that using an Android USB C cable to charge the iPhone 15 would damage the device.

But here’s the thing, all USB C cables have one thing in common, no matter what pins they support. All of these USB-C cables can charge any device, including the new iPhone 15 series models. We agree that the technology is diverse and you don’t have a fixed standard for USB-C, but that doesn’t mean other cables aren’t compatible.

We can say this with great confidence, when we use third-party USB-C cables on iPad Air/iPad Pro and MacBook, these cables will not be a problem to charge iPhone 15 models. So if Apple’s other USB-C devices work happily via third-party cables, iPhones shouldn’t have any problems.

Concerns about Apple are understandable. Over the years, we’ve seen Apple limit Lightning cable compatibility to those that are Made of iPhone (MFi) certified. And people assumed that Apple would have a similar strategy for the USB-C port as well, but that’s not the case.

After all, Apple’s move to a USB-C port was to standardize the charging cable and allow people to use the existing Android USB-C charging cable. It can be said that Apple has set a different use case for the USB C port on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models, as you get USB C 2.0 and USB C 3.2 standards respectively.

The charging speeds of the iPhone 15 series have not changed even after the introduction of the USB-C standard. You get up to 27W wired charging speed, which is well below the industry benchmark for Android phones today. Using a USB cable from an Android phone won’t change this either, as you’ll only get Apple-supported speeds on new iPhones.