While the world focuses on Apple’s latest slew of new products, we are taking a moment for the last bastion of Apple’s proprietary past—the one remaining product with a Lightning connector that, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Apple's switch to USB-C marks the end of an era — and the beginning of a clutter crisis for anyone with a drawer full of Lightning cables.

Since then, it has been fitted to billions of devices, including iPhones, iPads, and AirPods charging cases. From the very moment it was unveiled, we knew it would one day be replaced. With the ...

Users who haven't got around to buying Apple's short Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter after eight years are now out of luck, as the iPhone 7 accessory appears to be discontinued. Apple's Phil ...

September 12, 2012: The Lightning connector replaces Apple’s aging 30-pin interface, a proprietary data and power connector that debuted on the iPod Classic in 2003. The slender and capable new ...

The switch from Apple's 30-pin connector to Lightning was expensive for a lot of people. Photo: Cult of Mac Back in the distant mists of 2012, everyone needed an adapter to plug their collection of 30 ...

Apple's latest iPhone, iPod touch and iPod nano ushered in a new era, at least for accessory manufacturers: they ditched the old 30-pin Dock Connector in favor of the new Lightning standard. With a ...