A new report in the。 Wall Street Journal 。signals that Apple could be making a huge change for its upcoming iPhone 8 models: ditching the Lightning port, a mainstay since the iPhone 5 released in 2012.。
SEE ALSO:Apple's war against you repairing your iPhone is pure corporate greed。While much of the report focuses on the likelihood that Apple will be using a flexible OLED screen for at least one of the upcoming phones, as previously rumored, the nugget about the Lightning port might be the bigger news. 。
According to the 。 According to the。Journal。
, Apple is planning to include "a USB-C port for the power cord and other peripheral devices instead of the company’s original Lightning connector."。
In other words, Apple is apparently looking into switching out its proprietary Lightning port for a USB-C port—the same tech used on several newer Android phones, like upcoming LG G6. If the report bears out, it would be another seismic shift for Apple, which killed the headphone jack with the iPhone 7.。
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Thanks for signing up! 。 Tweet may have been deleted。And USB-C has many virtues. Like the Lightning connector, it's reversible, so you won't ever waste time flipping a cord around just to plug in a device. It can also handle multiple processes at one time—like charge, output video。
and 。 transfer data. Plus, it would mean that Apple would finally be standardizing ports across all its devices, meaning one cord could handle everything Apple you own.。But expect。 But expect。a lot 。
of noise surrounding the decision. People weren't happy with the death of the 3.5mm headphone jack on the iPhone 7, a change that forced people to rely on gadgets that work with the Lightning port—or a。dongle。
dongle 。
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Dongle!Credit: Lili Sams/Mashable 。
That's a lot of dongles and, more importantly, a lot of money. 。
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