#Usb c to lightning android#

Probably not, but with Lightning, Apple can tweak its own cable standards for new technologies and features immediately, without being at the whims of industry standards and agreements. Maybe it's the aesthetics then? Maybe USB-C is too big? If companies are, wait, have killed off the headphone socket on phones, every millimeter must be crucial - and yes USB-C is ever-so-slightly thicker. But given sluggish wireless charging speeds (still), the portless iPhone is still a few years away. Having a wireless phone charger is a nice luxury - I lead a luxurious life and have one in the office and one by my bedside. It might be holding onto Lightning until it can make its phones entirely wireless. Then there was the headphone jack, and USB Type-A on Macs, and the rest. It killed its old 30-pin dock connector back on September 12th, 2012. But then, Apple has taken similar plunges before. Think of all the Lightning accessories and charging docks, even its own aforementioned lightning headphones (and the more expensive third-party ones) - everyone will need to buy new ones. However, Apple has stuck doggedly to the Lightning port for its iPhones - and it has some reasons to do so. We know Apple doesn't hate USB-C - it's the port on the latest iPad Pro and the company also worked to develop the USB-C standard years ago for use on its Macs. Since then, inside every iPhone box, you found an OG Lightning to USB Type-A cable and later, a pair of Lightning EarPods and a 5W charger.

#Usb c to lightning android#

It was a fraction of the size of its 30-pin predecessor, reversible (unlike rival port micro-USB on Android phones at the time) and technically better in every way. The Lightning port arrived before USB-C, back in 2012.

But it was unlikely to happen and then it didn't happen. Over the years, reports have come and gone on the notion that Apple will swap from Lightning to USB-C on its iPhones - matching rival Android phones, and its own MacBook range.