> but perhaps does not because lightning's connector has preferable RF sensitivity profile ... or because Lightning has a commercial "preferable profile" - it'

> but perhaps does not because lightning's connector has preferable RF sensitivity profile ... or because Lightning has a commercial "preferable profile" - it's another form of lock-in, and at the hardware level no less; such an extremely desirable feature, from a commercial perspective, is very, very hard to give up. It would open the door to a world where phone accessories are effectively universal, and surely we can't have that.