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Nothing to C here: Apple is never switching from Lightning to USB-C in the iPhone

Since it had been several days without an iPhone rumor, DigiTimes piped up in mid-June with a purported salacious scoop about next year’s iPhone. According to the site, Apple “will likely have its 2019 series of iPhones come with USB Type-C support,” replacing the nearly six-year-old Lightning port.

In that time between Lightning’s arrival in 2012 and the upcoming 2018 iPhones, USB-C has risen to a position of prominence on many of Apple’s products. It’s a mainstay on Apple’s MacBook, MacBook Pro, and iMac

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