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iPhone 15 buyers will be reminded Lightning cables are now landfill (9to5mac.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Leaker yeux1122 says that Apple Store staff have been told to make sure iPhone 15 buyers know about the change...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I was a bit skeptical of your statement, because it FELT like they came out at the same time; but you are completely correct. The iPhone 5 with lightning was released Sep 2012, and the USB-C standard was published in Aug 2014. Almost exactly 2 years later. The first smartphone with USB-C didn't come out until a full year later, though. So lightning was more like 3 years ahead in the phone world.