No I’m talking about the port in the phone where you plug the cable in. With lightening the cable side is the fragile part, with usb-c the male part of the con

No I’m talking about the port in the phone where you plug the cable in. With lightening the cable side is the fragile part, with usb-c the male part of the connection is inside the phone’s socket. This is the fragile part of the usb-c connection. It makes more sense for the fragile part to be on the cable rather than the phone itself because the phone is more expensive and would need a repair but the cable is cheap enough that you can replace it. Other than this though, usb-c is far superior to lightening with better data speed and power delivery.