In 2012, we said goodbye to 30-pin, and Lightning became Apple's main connector ... But still, the iPhone comes with a Lightning to USB-A cable. So you can't even plug your iPhone into your ...

And it made me think. Do iPhone owners even need ports? When reports suggest that Apple is working on a smartphone with no ...

To keep iPhones thin but powerful, the 30-pin format was going to have to go. Lightning cables and docks became synonymous with living in the Apple ecosystem. Micro-USB wasn't an ideal solution ...

Samsung used a USB cable for some of its earlier tablets that, on the tablet end, looked identical to an Apple 30-pin plug. However, it was not the same and not interchangeable. Also called a ...

The current interface is USB Type C, which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and Lightning connectors as well as the 3.5mm headphones jack.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 ...

Some of the earliest adopters of USB-C technology ... every iPhone shipped with Apple's proprietary Lightning port. While this was an improvement over the older 30-pin connector and helped create ...