Looking at the connector again it's pretty clear that there are 8 pins on either side, plus the 9th pin on the side. So they're definitely not there for reversi

Looking at the connector again it's pretty clear that there are 8 pins on either side, plus the 9th pin on the side. So they're definitely not there for reversibility. So whatever the purpose of the additional ports, the Lightning connector does have more ports than microUSB.