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Title: How and why would Apple kill the iPhone’s Lightning port
Post by: HCK on December 13, 2019, 04:05:13 pm
How and why would Apple kill the iPhone’s Lightning port

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<p>Does Apple think that a single port is still one port too many? That’s a possibility according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, a relatively reliable source on Apple’s supply-chain plans, who reports that in 2021 Apple will <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2019/12/05/kuo-iphone-without-lightning-connector-2021/" rel="nofollow">launch a high-end iPhone without a Lightning connector[/url].</p><p>Apple pushing Lightning out of the equation isn’t surprising—the USB-C port on the iPad Pro could be a portent for such a move—but that’s not what Kuo is actually suggesting. He’s suggesting the Lightning port will be removed, to be replaced by a “completely wireless experience.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3489461/how-and-why-would-apple-kill-the-iphones-lightning-port.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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