Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other. Introduced in 2012 with the iPhone 5 and new iPods, Lightning superseded the 30-pin dock connector that dates back to 2001.

A Lightning connector has also replaced the old dock connector. It’s an incremental update that’s big on performance, but not so substantial that purchasers of the 3rd generation iPad should feel the ...

So much has changed since we first created that 30-pin connector. Narrator: Now, the same is true of Lightning. Apple's connectors have become fragmented. In 2018, it unveiled the new iPad Pro ...

Lightning was initially a superior alternative to Micro-USB and its own 30-pin connectors. A few years later, though, Apple ...

The Lightning connector was a revolutionary 8-pin ... as soon as Apple began transitioning to USB-C, starting with the iPad Pro in 2018. USB-C brought several advantages over Lightning ...

Phone 16e just replaced the last few Lightning port holdouts, and that means the aging Apple port is now officially dead.

The current interface is USB Type C, which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and Lightning connectors as well as the 3.5mm headphones jack.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

It looks really elegant and just being able to drop the iPad down onto the dock, without fiddling with a lightning cable, would be great. But the lengthy charge time and hefty price are dampening my ...