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Lightning came out several years before USB-C. So I don’t think going straight to USB-C was really an option. (not suggesting that’s why you were downvoted, ju
by OkGoDoIt 7y ago
Lightning came out several years before USB-C. So I don’t think going straight to USB-C was really an option.
(not suggesting that’s why you were downvoted, just clarifying the timeline of the ports)
- oarsinsync 7y agoTwo years, to be precise. Lightning devices were shipping end of 2012. USB-C design was finalised end of 2014.
- Dylan16807 7y agoAnd it was announced in 2013, with Apple part of the group helping design it. I'm sure they could have shipped it in 2014 if they had really wanted to. Other devices were shipping only a couple months later. Maybe the development started too late for Apple to involve it in their plans? But that would have been a really rapid pace. Overall it looks a lot like this was Apple fussiness.