![]() So they slapped their own miniaturized port on to the phone instead.Īnd given that USB-C didn't start appearing in smartphones until 2015, that initial decision does look like it made some sense. ![]() However, Apple really wanted to go ahead and start getting thinner sleeker devices to market, and given their timetable for the iPhone 5, they didn't want to wait around for the USBC standard to get finalized. It might surprise you to know that Apple is actually part of the USB implementers forum, the original group of companies that worked on USB type C. So why is Apple stubbornly holding on to such an old connector other than, you know keeping a proprietary standard around to make more money? Of course there is that old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But the lightning connector has the obvious problem that the rest of the phone world has moved on to USB type C, which is faster and more versatile. ![]() And while it was a welcome change from the previous big fat 30 pin cable, we're still stuck with it eight years later. Back in 2012, Apple released the iPhone 5 which was a big deal, not just for giving us more screen real estate than previous models, but also for introducing the Lightning Connector.
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