Narrator: You probably recognize this. It's a Lightning cable. They're everywhere. In 2012, we said goodbye to 30-pin, and Lightning became Apple's main connector. But, seven years later ...

Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other. Introduced in 2012 with the iPhone 5 and new iPods, Lightning superseded the 30-pin dock connector that dates back to 2001.

The Lightning connector was a revolutionary 8-pin, reversible port that replaced the bulky 30-pin dock connector found on iPods and earlier iPhones. It was iconic -- a small, streamlined design ...

London, UK, 13 th March 2014: Pure presents Contour D1, the world's first digital radio dock with Bluetooth streaming that accommodates Apple models with both 30 pin and lightning connectors.

So what happened? Prior to the arrival of Lightning, most of Apple's iPhones, iPads, and iPods relied on a proprietary 30-pin connector. At the time, this was sufficient for power and data ...