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So, there you have it: The source threw in everything you might want from the next-generation iPhone 7, but spread across five different models. Which one would you like?
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Which one? All of them and with an increase the phone thickness would be fine.
A switch to USB-C would be very unwelcome. I have a lot of money invested in lightning cables.
I couldn’t see Apple switching. But stranger things have happened
That’s it. I will wait for the iPhone 7 to be released. Currently on iPhone 5.
When Apple introduced the lightning cable on the iPhones. They said this would be good for a decade.
I have lot of lightning based accessories for iPhones n iPads but still in the near future, I will be happy to see Apple adopting a universal and industry standard port for charging and syncing such as USB-C.
It’s possible that they are misquoted, and that Apple is simply coming out with a lightning to USB-C cable, which makes sense. I don’t think that Apple will switch connectors as I believe they are looking at removing the analog audio jack. They already have a system for using Lightning for outputting audio so I think that makes more sense.