It’s Time for Apple to Fix Its Confusing Device Charger Strategy

A customer tries out an Apple Inc. M1-powered iPad Pro at the Apple flagship store during a product launch event in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, May 21, 2021.Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg

This week: How Apple could unify its confusing connector strategy, good luck finding an Apple Watch Edition (if you actually want one), and Covid continues its impact on Apple’s operations.

Believe it or not, if you’re lucky enough to have an iPhone, iPad Pro, Apple Watch and, soon, a next-generation Mac laptop with the new MagSafe connector, you’ll be using four different charging cables to juice up your Apple devices. For a company that prides itself on simplicity and making all of its technology work seamlessly together, that is an anomaly.