Up until this point, every iPhone shipped with Apple's proprietary Lightning port ... the ideal connector type for most modern laptops. Today's Android phones come with USB-C, and many feature ...

But, seven years later, it's on only two types of devices ... In 2018, it unveiled the new iPad Pro with a USB-C port instead of Lightning. But when Apple updated its lower-end iPads in March ...

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A reversible 8-pin plug and socket for Apple mobile devices (the plug inserts in either orientation). Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other. Introduced in 2012 with the ...

investigated Apple’s Lightning port and created a cool debugging tool that allowed one to get JTAG on the device. Then, Apple went to USB-C for their new phones, and all his work went to waste.

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