Flashback: saying goodbye to the Lightning port

By Tech-News Team
8 months Ago

Flashback: saying goodbye to the Lightning port

This week we bid farewell to the Lightning port – with the launch of the iPhone 15 sequence and the Pro fashions its story comes to an in depth. We have already had an in depth take a look at Lightning, what it was, what it might do and what it couldn’t do. Here we simply wished to keep in mind all the gadgets that have been powered by Lightning.

The story started in 2012 with the iPhone 5, the iPad 4 and the model new iPad mini. Apple additionally switched a few iPods – the seventh gen nano and the fifth gen contact – to Lightning. This was vital as the 30-pin connector that Lightning got here to substitute was initially used on the iPod (after ditching FireWire).

Now, the iPhone 5, like the iPads and the iPods, every had 3.5mm headphone jack – that wouldn’t go away till the iPhone 7 era. But you’ll be able to see that the writing was on the wall, Apple additionally launched a model of its wired EarPods headphones that used a Lightning plug as a substitute of a 3.5mm jack.

The accessories included in the iPhone 7 box
The equipment included in the iPhone 7 field

A fast observe: to keep away from litter, we are going to skip some merchandise, largely cables and chargers and such. Really the solely such accent value together with right here is the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter from 2016 – Apple included certainly one of these with each iPhone 7 (together with a pair of Lightning EarPods) and it did the similar for future fashions till 2018.

So, as you’ll be able to see the checklist is dominated by iDevices, however there are wi-fi headphones – the AirPods, that are shifting to USB-C as nicely – plus small battery-powered electronics like some keyboards and mice (these ought to have switched to USB-C together with the Macs that they’re linked to, anyway).

Goodbye, Lightning.