Apple rather do it portless than using generic USB-C, fark EU.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 07:55 AM

Cause tablets and laptops need connectivity with peripherals and etc, but phones mostly using touchscreen and do most connectivity with cloud/Bluetooth.

The main usage of lightning port is earphone and charging, which Apple are happy to opt for wireless alternative and charge you more for that.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 08:04 AM

Actually, physically Lightning port is more resilient (especially female) and smaller.

Type-C on the other hand some very tight some very loose. And the female connector can get damaged or stressed if you insert the male cable off-angle.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 08:26 AM

To Apple, Lightning’s main usage is charging and earphone, thus they don’t need to push for Type-C. Now that they’re pressured by EU, I can foresee they rather do away with the charging port all together and do everything purely wireless (like I said, Lightning’s earphone and charging usages can be replaced by wireless alternative).

And you had mistaken Lightning with Thunderbolt.

What if it’s the female port which is damaged?

Like I said, female Lightning is very resilient, meanwhile some female USB-C can get damaged quite easily.

I used to think like you, till I realise not everyone is as careful as me when using their devices.

Nope, most female ports are not cheap, especially some which directly soldered onto the mobo.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 08:59 AM

The male might die, but the female is resilient.

It’s basic physics, female lightning have more structural supports than female USB-C.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 09:14 AM

Even stock or branded aftermart chargers/cables also can have multiple fitness. Some very loose while some barely able to fit in (I even plugged some that’s so damn tight to the point the cable rather broke than get disconnected).

Meanwhile Lightning’s fitness are mostly standardised as they all using Apple provided connectors or same mold.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 10:24 AM

again, all those are soft specifications.

Nobody denying that type-C is more superior in terms of charging speed and connectivity.

But my point is that doesn’t mean type-C is physically better than lightning.

Lightning win over Type-C at physical level
- smaller
- easier to plug in
- the female is more robust (don’t have stress point like type-C did and the cable is directly supported by the phone metal case), also the male is more standardised in size.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 12:35 PM

I know, the wire of the stock cable itself tend to disintegrate after (not so) long term use.

But again I’m talking about the male and female connector here, of which Lightning is definitely excel at.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 26 2022, 06:23 PM

And how is it a bad things?

iOS is build around cloud.

Back then ppl also mocked iOS' bluetooth can't do files transfer. But now 10 years passed, Apple proved that they did nothing wrong back then.