> The male lightning connector is a single flat piece; the female connector is a hole with the contacts on the top + bottom of the port. Which means that the p

> The male lightning connector is a single flat piece; the female connector is a hole with the contacts on the top + bottom of the port. Which means that the part which wears over time (the springs) is on the port instead of the cable. On USB-C, the springs are all in the cable; the port is a single flat piece (the tab in the middle) surrounded by a metallic shield.