Apple was one of the first firms to embrace USB-C when it released laptops that ditched USB-A in 2015, but the company’s phones are still holding onto the aging Lightning port. A series of reports in the last week claim that not only is Apple planning to transition the iPhone to the universal, reversible USB-C port, but prototypes with the new port exist and are being actively tested.
Android phones migrated to USB-C from microUSB starting in 2015, and this was a long-overdue change. The microUSB port was not reversible and had limited charging capabilities—USB-C was a vast improvement. That’s probably why the transition went more smoothly than other port changes. In scarcely two years, almost all flagship Android phones had switched. However, Apple had only switched to Lightning from the ancient 30-pin connector in 2012, and it wasn’t ready to make another change so soon.
