Don’t Go Cord-Crazy: Apple Isn’t Killing the Lightning Port

Apple (AAPL) is set to release the latest version of its popular smartphone, the iPhone 8, this fall and the latest rumors swirling around the device suggest there will be no changes made to the phone’s Lightening port connector. In other words, all the tech found in a USB-C port will be found in this next-generation Lightning port. But all is not lost.

This wouldn’t be the Cupertino company’s first foray into the realms of USB C, however, with the connection port already in place on the company’s current MacBook Pro line.

Concepts above by Moe Slah. Forecasters say this would be a foolish move on Apple’s part, and that it’s more likely Apple would keep the Lightning port and might simply switch to a USB-C connector on the opposite end of the Lightning cable that ships in the box.

The still rumored iPhone 8 is expected to include an edge-to-edge OLED screen, an on screen finger print reading zone for Touch ID instead of a Home button, 3D sensing front-facing camera, wireless charing support, and more.

One feature of the new iPhones – fast charging – must play nicely with data transmission while the device is charging. The addition will permit the clients to extract the device by simply setting it on a ideal charging cushion. Today, respected KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo told MacRumors Apple will not discontinue the Lightning port, putting the USB-C rumours to rest.

Apparently, Apple will change the underlying power management technologies with the new iPhone to add “fast charging” features.

As for data transfers through the Lightning port, Kuo believes Apple isn’t prioritizing making data transfers faster. It brings in good money via licensing fees, since if you need to physically connect to an i-Device, you have no choice but to use Lightning.

Apple has done away with a charge cable before. In the last version of the iPhone series, Apple had chose to do away with the earphone jack and released earbud technology for its users instead.

We all know the fast recharge, a technology that has appeared in several manufacturers like OnePlus who had unveiled a video in which Emily Ratajkowski explained how it worked.