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 Introduced in 2012 with the iPhone 5 and new iPods, Lightning superseded the 30-pin dock connector that dates back to 2001.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 only evidence that the port ever existed is the 1st-gen Apple Pencil and its male Lightning connector. Since we met the Home button in 2007, Apple has sold at least one product with one.

With the release of the iPhone 16e, that day has officially arrived. The Lightning connector was a revolutionary 8-pin, reversible port that replaced the bulky 30-pin dock connector found on iPods ...

He created something that will probably be for sale in the Apple store come Christmas: a pair of Beats Pro headphones with Bluetooth and a Lightning connector for charging. [Carnivore] liked the ...