Apple officially bids farewell to the Lightning port after 13 years

It’s truly a USB-C world and we’re just living in it. Apple has not only announced the new iPhone 16e with a USB-C port and also discontinued the iPhone 14, the final Lightning port relic. That’s right, Apple is no longer selling any devices with a Lightning port, the true end of an era.

Once upon a time, the Lightning port was the new guy in town. Apple first introduced it in 2012 as a replacement to the bulky 30-pin dock connector.

The Lightning port didn’t go down without a fight, though. While most other companies have been on the USB-C train for some time,

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