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One Analyst Thinks the iPhone 8 Will Still Have a Lightning Connector With USB-C Adapter for Europe

<img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/02/lightning-to-micro-usb-adapter.jpg)" alt="" width="182" height="293" class="alignright size-full wp-image-551813" />The Wall Street Journal today reported that at least one upcoming iPhone model will include a USB-C port (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/28/iphone-8-oled-screen-usb-c/) instead of a Lightning connector.





If the report is accurate, a single USB-C cable could be used to charge the so-called iPhone 8 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-8/), 12-inch MacBook (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/retina-macbook-air/), or the latest MacBook Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/) models.

People familiar with Apple’s plans said the iPhone releases this year would include two models with the traditional LCDs and a third one with the OLED screen.





They said Apple would introduce other updates including a USB-C port for the power cord and other peripheral devices instead of the company’s original Lightning connector.

That's not a rumor we've heard previously, but The Wall Street Journal is a reputable source that often accurately predicts Apple's plans.





Nevertheless, the move towards USB-C has yet to be substantiated by other credible sources, and Apple changing the charging port on iPhones for the second time in five years, after switching from the 30-pin Dock Connector to Lightning connector (https://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/12/apple-announces-new-dock-connector-called-lightning/) in 2012, would certainly be a controversial decision.





At least one analyst is not convinced that Apple will ditch Lightning on its next iPhones, but he does believe USB-C will be in the mix.





Barclays managing director Blayne Curtis told MacRumors that he expects the iPhone 8 to keep its Lightning connector, while he believes that Apple will sell a Lightning to USB-C adapter in European countries to adhere to the European Commission's "one mobile phone charger for all (https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/electrical-engineering/rtte-directive/common-charger_en)" campaign.





This adapter could be similar to Apple's female-to-male Lightning to Micro-USB adapter (http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD820AM/A/lightning-to-micro-usb-adapter), which allows an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipod-touch/) with a Lightning connector to charge and sync with a Micro-USB cable. Apple sold a similar 30-pin Dock Connector to Micro-USB adapter (https://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/04/apple-offering-micro-usb-adapters-to-european-customers/) in Europe to adhere to EU policy.

<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: iPhone 8 (2017) (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-8/)
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Source: One Analyst Thinks the iPhone 8 Will Still Have a Lightning Connector With USB-C Adapter for Europe (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/28/iphone-8-lightning-vs-usb-c/)