Lightning predates USB-C by several years and...

🦿 Lucian Marin My first pair of headphones had 4 meters of cable, so I can listen everywhere in my room including bed. Technics RP-F300 were I pain to use. So yeah, I think Apple is on the right track with wireless headphones. But I don't understand why they don't use USB-C for the iPhone. They can't even provide fast charging over Lightning.

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Mark Dain Lightning predates USB-C by several years and I suspect the shape, size and reversibility feature is based heavily off Lightning. If you remember the shit storm that happened when they removed the 30-pin connector, I doubt Apple wants to go through that again; people already distrust/hate Apple enough.

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🦿 Lucian Marin As an Apple user I want to charge my iPhone and my Mac using the same cable. Then I want to use the same cable to connect those two devices. Steve Jobs will have done this instead of investing in Apple Car and Apple Watches.

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Mark Dain Using a single cable everywhere would be nice but Apple actually needs a good reason to move off that and considering new peripherals like the keyboard and mouse now use Lightning, it seems they're investing in it more than USB Type C. The Apple Car is just a rumor and them not investing in it wouldn't magically create a business incentive to replace Lightning. It won't happen for several years, if at all.

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