Early on in the iPhone 15 development process, Apple created a version that included a Lightning port, according to Apple leaker Unknownz21. In a tweet, Unknownz21 said that Apple tested an ...

Lightning was initially a superior alternative to Micro-USB and its own 30-pin connectors. A few years later, though, Apple found itself ... A Micro-USB port is a tiny target, and the connector ...

However, while the port itself was durable, Apple's Lightning charging cables were notorious for their poor quality. They had a tendency to fray and break near the connector, and the connectors ...

Anyone who remembers dongle-gate, when Apple switched from the old 30-pin dock cables to Lightning in 2012, might roll their eyes at yet another change. But this will be good for us and the planet ...

[Thomas Roth], aka [Ghidraninja], and author of the [Stacksmashing] YouTube channel, investigated Apple’s Lightning port and created a cool debugging tool that allowed one to get JTAG on the device.

All new iPhones have a USB-C port. Finally. This change isn’t a surprise. Apple has slowly migrated its products to USB-C from Lightning, which it introduced more than a decade ago with the ...

Apple will reportedly soon change how its next models of iPhones charge. The California-based tech giant will pivot the upcoming iPhone 15 to the USB-C format, forgoing the Lightning port of past ...

Apple only ever shipped this charging port on the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S. Still, the public reaction when the iPhone 5 switched to the current Lightning port was ...

Apple has not only announced the new iPhone 16e with a USB-C port and also discontinued the iPhone 14, the final Lightning port relic. That's right, Apple is no longer selling any devices with a ...

After more than a decade of the “Lightning” port being used in everything from the iPad to the iPhone, it will switch to USB-C with the introduction of the new iPhone 15 and 15 Pro.

In the mop-up of remaining port outliers, Apple has even scrubbed Lightning plugs from the Apple Pencil, introducing a new low-cost model that has its own USB-C port: Apple Pencil (USB-C).

With Apple’s Let Loose event now over, Cupertino has removed the last iPad with a Lightning port. Now, every iPad the company sells relies on USB-C. The same is worth it for every Mac and most ...