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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

This is quite a lot cheaper than Apple! The cable has one review vouching for it, but there's been no reviews yet for the 30-pin to lightning adapter... Have any brave souls here taken the plunge ...

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.