Apple patents a new kind of Lightning Cable and an iPhone superdock

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Apple patents a new kind of Lightning Cable and an iPhone superdock

Have you ever cracked a Lightning connector, or — perish the thought — your iPhone itself when roughly yanking it out of a dock? Apple’s working on the problem. Cupertino’s patent department just filed an application with the U.S. Patent<span class="ellipsis">…</span><div class="read-more">Read more ›</div><!-- end of .read-more --><img width='1' height='1' src='http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/3dff9637/sc/5/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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