What's really wrong with Apple's Lightning cable?Why hasn't Apple switched from Lightning to USB-C on the iPhone?
I've been meaning to do another column about Apple's Lightning port vs. USB-C for a while now. The story is super interesting but other stuff kept coming up. Then, just this morning, I watched a video Tech Insider put up and… Yeah.
Now, I'm fully behind Apple moving to USB-C on the iPhone. I would have loved for it to have happened with the iPhone X, even recognizing that's super easy to say as someone not responsible for, you know, actually running the product.
But, I also think the video leaves out a lot of what really should have been put in.
Rather watch than read? Hit play on the video above!
Tech Insider starts off by showing us some Lightning cables and reminding us that Apple switched to it from the venerable 30-pin Dock Connector in 2012. Not the full story, of course, but so far so fine. Then they say, today, 7-years later, it's only used on two devices: iPhone and lower end iPads.
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What's really wrong with Apple's Lightning cable?
