Doesn't seem so. Looking at the pictures, the design seems to consist of a receptable which looks like a Lightning connector with a piece of shielding around i

Doesn't seem so. Looking at the pictures, the design seems to consist of a receptable which looks like a Lightning connector with a piece of shielding around it, and a plug which looks like a Lightning receptable. If anything, it's mechanically close to Lightning than to the current USB connector, so there's no reason to assume that it will have bad connection.