You see, the tiny 8-pin connector was elbowing aside Apple’s much wider (and widely used) 30-pin connector that predated the introduction of the iPhone. You may like ...

Apple changed its long-standing 30-pin dock connector out for an 8-pin new standard called Lightning. But what does that actually mean for users? Well the advantages are mostly passed on through ...

A cradle with a vertical plug (Apple 8-pin Lightning or Apple 30-pin) onto which an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is docked to play music and/or to charge the unit. The dock is built into self ...

Not only are the cables harder to produce, they cost Apple far more than the old 30-pin connectors. Analysts estimate Lightning cables run Apple $3.50 each, which is 775% more than the 30-pin.

The new Lightning cable and accompanying port are about 80 percent smaller than the legacy 30-pin dock connector. As a result, manufacturing Lightning cables has proven to be complex and has ...

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The Apple device contains the socket, and the cable or docking station has the plug. In 2012, the original 30-pin analog+digital interface was replaced with the 8-pin all-digital Lightning connector.