Unlike the 30-pin connector, Lightning is much more compact and reversible, which makes it much more intuitive than its predecessor. To make the transition more seamless, Apple even introduced a ...

This is a 30-pin to lightning adapter. And it works just like you’d expect. You can plug your 30-pin cable into it, and it into your iPhone 5.

I read that one of the big changes with Apple’s new iPhone 15 is that it has switched from a lightning connector to a USB connector. Why would Apple force us all to get new cables?

Before the Lightning cable’s debut in 2012, I’d never experienced such a feeling. Apple’s 30-pin connector was proprietary and a little finicky. In comparison, mini and micro USB were more ...

iPhones started with a 30-pin connector (left), which was replaced by Lightning (middle), which will be replaced by USB-C (right). Foundry “A modern connector for the next decade” was how ...

Lightning was a VAST improvement over 30-pin and mini-USB, but it's time to move on to USB-C. In some ways Lightning may still be superior to USB-C but the market has spoken.

The biggest change coming to the new iPhone 15 models is how you plug them in – there’s no more Lightning cable. In its place is USB-C, which is universal among most other smartphones and gadgets.

In 2012, Apple killed the relatively bulky 30-pin connector on iPhones to switch to Lightning, a slimmer and faster charging technology, which rendered many speakers and chargers obsolete.

Instead, it kept Lightning and added a new MagSafe connector. I've been impressed by MagSafe on the iPhone 12 Pro so far. But I'm also starting to accept that USB-C on the iPhone will never happen.

Initial iPhone models came with the 30-pin “dock” connector — for anchoring its previously famous iPod docking stations. While launching the iPhone 5 in 2012, Apple switched to the Lightning ...

A new social media post has dramatically exclaimed that Apple employees will tell customers that Lightning charging cables aren't going to work with the iPhone 15. This is completely true, of ...