iPhone 8 to kill Lightning jack and home button? quoting : "Ars Technica"

as mentioned in They said Apple would introduce other updates including a USB-C port for the power cord and other peripheral devices instead of the company's original Lightning connector. Whether it is an all-out USB-C port or yet another adapter, it seems that Apple might be listening. Apple sold a similar 30-pin Dock Connector to Micro-USB adapter in Europe to adhere to EU policy.Many consumers have advocated for Apple to ditch its proprietary Lightning connector in favor of USB-C, which has become a standard feature on several Android smartphones, notebooks, and other devices. People familiar with Apple's plans said the iPhone releases this year would include two models with the traditional LCDs and a third one with the OLED screen. The Wall Street Journal today reported that at least one upcoming iPhone model will include a USB-C port instead of a Lightning connector.If the report is accurate, a single USB-C cable could be used to charge the so-called iPhone 8 , 12-inch MacBook , or the latest MacBook Pro models.The Wall Street Journal has historically been a reliable source for iPhone rumors, so there is a good chance the report is true.Nevertheless, the move towards USB-C has yet to be substantiated by other credible sources, and Apple changing the charging port on iPhones for the second time in five years, after switching from the 30-pin Dock Connector to Lightning connector in 2012, would certainly be a controversial decision.At least one analyst is not convinced that Apple will ditch Lightning on its next iPhones, but he does believe USB-C will be in the mix.Barclays managing director Blayne Curtis told MacRumors that he expects the iPhone 8 to keep its Lightning connector, while he believes that Apple will sell a Lightning to USB-C adapter in European countries to adhere to the European Commission's " one mobile phone charger for all " campaign.This adapter would likely be similar to Apple's female-to-male Lightning to Micro-USB adapter , which allows an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with a Lightning connector to charge and sync with a micro USB cable.


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Switching ports again after just five years would be a repeat of the transition between the 30-pin connector and the Lightning connector, which took many years and prompted much grumbling about adapters. Moving from Lightning to USB-C would definitely have benefits for Apple and the ecosystem. But the most interesting suggestion in the report is that Apple could drop its proprietary Lightning port in favor of USB-C, the industry standard that has slowly been trickling out into Android phones, PCs, and Apple's own MacBooks and MacBook Pros in recent years. USB-C can do everything Lightning can do and then some, and my experience with USB-C cables and connectors so far (Apple's included) has been that they are slightly larger but also sturdier than the Lightning versions. It would also be the first step toward unifying Apple's entire ecosystem behind a single port, doing away with the confusion and inconvenience of the current mix of USB-C, USB-A, and Lightning.


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