Narrator: You probably recognize this. It's a Lightning cable. They're everywhere. In 2012, we said goodbye to 30-pin, and Lightning became Apple's main connector. But, seven years later ...

which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and Lightning connectors as well as the 3.5mm headphones jack. The Apple device contains the socket, and the cable or docking station has the plug. In 2012 ...

So what happened? Prior to the arrival of Lightning, most of Apple's iPhones, iPads, and iPods relied on a proprietary 30-pin connector. At the time, this was sufficient for power and data ...

These adapters were required after Apple moved to Lightning from the old 30-pin connector which had dedicated pins for HDMI output. As the USB 2.0 link used with Lightning does not have the ...