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> An iPhone 4 charger from 2012 will still charge an iPhone 14 today And it will after this move too. You'll just need to use a regular USB-A -> USB-C cable in
by josteink 4y ago
> An iPhone 4 charger from 2012 will still charge an iPhone 14 today
And it will after this move too. You'll just need to use a regular USB-A -> USB-C cable instead of a USB-A -> Lightning cable.
- neilalexander 4y agoThat's an awful lot of cables globally to discard.
- ThatPlayer 4y agoSo what is the alternative? Should we stay on Lightning for the next 20 years? 30 years? 50 years? That'll only increase the cables globally to discard when something finally replaces Lightning At least a shared standard connector cable will still be usable with other devices. I still have devices that take mini-USB, micro USB, and USB B. Give it 10 or 15 years after iPhone switches off Lightning, and no one will even have a lightning cable anymore, because no one is interested in using a 10 year old iPhone, and no other device uses Lightning.