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4 things you can do with your iPhone's USB port (besides charging)
When Apple finally switched the iPhone to USB-C, I was very excited for the possibilities that the more universal port would bring. It’s actually so much more versatile than I ever thought—here are four things that you can do with your iPhone’s USB-C port that you might not have known about.
Connect external SSDs
256GB just isn’t enough storage
Whether you have a 256GB iPhone or a 2TB iPhone, there are definitely times when you can run out of storage. Recording Apple’s ProRes Log format takes up 6GB per minute of recording at 4K 30 FPS, or over 10GB per minute at 4K 60 FPS. In fact, Apple straight up won’t let you record to internal storage with 4K 60 FPS ProRes Log.
So, how can you capture this much footage (or just get extra storage)? Simply plug in a USB-C external SSD. You can use flash drives or external SSDs, actually, and I’ve used both with my iPhone 17 Pro.
I have the PNY Duo Link V3, and it has both a USB-A and USB-C port, and my Crucial X10 is also USB-C. Both work flawlessly with my iPhone and easily let me double or quadruple my device’s storage—all without having to pay the Apple storage upgrade tax.
Charge your Apple Watch or AirPods
When you forget a wall adapter, your iPhone is a great substitute
Did you know that your iPhone can give out power as well as take it in? I’ve used my iPad for this many times, actually, but I haven’t had to use my iPhone for it a lot. It’s good to know it works, though.
If you plug your iPhone into a lower-powered device—be that an Apple Watch, AirPods, or even an iPhone with less charge then yours—your iPhone will start to give out its power so that the other device can charge. This can be useful in many different scenarios.
Whether you’re on a road trip and forgot a wall outlet or just need to charge your AirPods before you get home, so long as you have a compatible cable, you can power up with nothing more than your iPhone’s USB-C port.
Plug in a wired keyboard for typing
Long typing sessions just got better
I’m not one to do a lot of work from my phone, but if I was, I’d absolutely plug a wired keyboard into my iPhone. I can type fairly well with an on-screen keyboard, but I’m just so much faster with an actual physical keyboard.
My keyboard of choice might be a bit odd, but it’s still USB-C and can easily plug into the bottom of my iPhone. A physical keyboard plugged into an iPhone works much like the Magic Keyboard does on an iPad—command shortcuts work, backspace and delete work, and even the arrow keys work.
So, if you have a lot of work to do and don’t have an iPad or MacBook, just plug a keyboard into your iPhone and get to working. You can even connect a mouse to your iPhone over Bluetooth to make it easier to navigate when using a keyboard.
Use a wired Ethernet connection
Who needs Wi-Fi when you have Ethernet?
If you’ve ever restored an iPhone from the cloud, then you know just how long it can take for the restore to happen over Wi-Fi. Even if you have a fast internet plan at home, your wireless connection might not be nearly as quick as you’d like—I know that’s the case for me, and I even have Wi-Fi 7.
So, if I have a lot of data to download to my iPhone, I simply plug a USB-C to Ethernet adapter into the bottom of it. It sounds crazy, I know, but your iPhone does support wired networking out of the box. No driver installation, no setup, just plug and play.
I typically try to have my 2.5Gb/s USB-C Ethernet adapter with me whenever I travel, but it’s definitely always within arm’s reach at home. If I’m setting up a new iPhone, chances are, I’m plugging in an Ethernet cable so it can download my restore faster.
The iPhone’s USB-C port is surprisingly useful. It was very un-Apple-like to leave the USB-C port completely open to third-party accessories, and I love it.
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