> Apple switched to Lightning. It was better in every. single. way. This is pedantic, but the 30-pin connector did have one minor feature Lightning didn't -- t

> Apple switched to Lightning. It was better in every. single. way. This is pedantic, but the 30-pin connector did have one minor feature Lightning didn't -- the interface supported a design where it needed to be squeezed to be released, like DisplayPort or RJ45, and a small number of products took advantage of this to build very secure mounts. When switching to Lightning it was no longer possible to build a 3rd-party accessory that had such a secure attachment to the phone. EDIT: I had remembered this as something Apple's original cables did, where you needed to squeeze them to release, but looking back I think you could just pull them out: https://web.archive.org/web/20071023101738/http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MA591LL/A https://web.archive.org/web/20071023101738/http://store.appl... EDIT2: that page has a comment "This cable came with my Ipod Touch and all i have to say is , what an improvement. it was a wonderful idea to do away with those silly squeese tabs. all i have to do is give it a quick yank and its out." so maybe I'm not imagining things?