Beyond that, you have to acknowledge that Apple contributed heavily to USB-C. They are invested, but had to weigh the plusses and minuses of transitioning the i

Beyond that, you have to acknowledge that Apple contributed heavily to USB-C. They are invested, but had to weigh the plusses and minuses of transitioning the iPhone. My guess is that it was something like this: Plusses: - everyone shares the same connectors Minuses: - all the old peripherals out there now don't work on the new phones - there are lots of debug systems for phones built into the Lightning ports that Apple uses internally, those are all gone - there are lots of junk chargers out there, and no real inspection scheme for USB-C, whereas Apple runs an inspection scheme already for Lighting Since there is a large enough market for Apple products, Apple is not worried about the small bonus of everyone sharing the same connectors. Given that it seem pretty obvious that until there is something to push them off Lightening (e.g. power requirements, speed of connection, etc...), they will stay there.