At the same time, Lightning now faces the limitations of the technology. The connector used in the iPhone is still based on the USB 2.0 standard, which is much slower than USB 3.0.

A new iPhone case from engineer Ken Pillonel lets anyone add a USB-C port to an older Lightning iPhone, with no disassembly ...

Apple announced Lighting with the 2012 iPhone 5. Ten years later, the connector is still around — but that may not be the case for much longer.

Rumors of Lightning’s death are just slightly exaggerated Apple’s once-vaunted connector finally departs from the iPhone, but these products still feature the little eight-pin that could.

The Lightning connector was first announced in 2012 alongside the iPhone 5 as a replacement for yet another proprietary charger—the bulky and prone-to-failure 30-pin connector.

In 2012, Apple killed the relatively bulky 30-pin connector on iPhones to switch to Lightning, a slimmer and faster charging technology, which rendered many speakers and chargers obsolete.

Still, we cannot figure out why Apple did not just use a USB-C connector and port, especially since the Vision Pro’s battery will largely transmit only power and practically no data (other than ...

The Lightning connector was the last thing Phil Schiller revealed about the iPhone 5. The classic “white room” video with Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, and Scott Forstall also touted the benefits ...