Apple’s Lightning connector was initially an improvement on microUSB being kinda a not great connector/port. I can’t remember if it also ran at a faster data rate than USB2 or if I’m just mixing up my history with FireWire.
But once USB-C became ubiquitous, Apple’s continued insistence on the Lightning connector was more because being different became a social pressure to switch to and remain in the iOS ecosystem, plus they collect royalties on every lightning connector cable/device sold
yes, it was running at usb2 speeds which was considered slow in 2014. they intentionally limited it to force people to use iCloud to move data around devices instead of sending pictures over the cable.
ironically when they moved to the USB c ports with the 15 series. the base 15 was still usb2 speeds under the hood just with a new chip. the pro, plus, and pro max were faster iirc.
Apple’s Lightning connector was initially an improvement on microUSB being kinda a not great connector/port. I can’t remember if it also ran at a faster data rate than USB2 or if I’m just mixing up my history with FireWire.
But once USB-C became ubiquitous, Apple’s continued insistence on the Lightning connector was more because being different became a social pressure to switch to and remain in the iOS ecosystem, plus they collect royalties on every lightning connector cable/device sold
Here at Apple we are different, not better just different.
True, though as he pointed out, at the time they released it, it was against microUSB and lightning was better, to be fair.
Then they just ignored USB-C for way too long a time.
yes, it was running at usb2 speeds which was considered slow in 2014. they intentionally limited it to force people to use iCloud to move data around devices instead of sending pictures over the cable.
ironically when they moved to the USB c ports with the 15 series. the base 15 was still usb2 speeds under the hood just with a new chip. the pro, plus, and pro max were faster iirc.