Apple uses Lightning and/or MagSafe on all of their handheld devices and USB-C on everything else. Beats have some exceptions for microUSB instead of Lightning

Apple uses Lightning and/or MagSafe on all of their handheld devices and USB-C on everything else. Beats have some exceptions for microUSB instead of Lightning. The iPad is handheld and Lightning. The iPad Pro is not and is USB-C. Yes, you can handhold an iPad Pro, but it’s not designed/targeted for that use case, as the USB-C port indicates. This battery pack is Lightning because it’s a handheld device and it’s an accessory exclusively for handheld devices. While that may be a disappointment, at least the evidence to date is clear that there’s no point holding out for otherwise: they have never released a handheld USB-C device and are unlikely to here either. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this comes up every time Apple releases a Lightning accessory and people continue not to realize this strategy is in play. I don’t know if it’s a good strategy or not, but duly noted all the same. (ps. Apple Watch is not a handheld device, and so of course it’s doesn’t have a Lightning port :)