Apple has not only announced the new iPhone 16e with a USB-C port and also discontinued the iPhone 14, the final Lightning ... to the bulky 30-pin dock connector. The Lightning port didn't go ...

And the rumor will resurface next year in case the iPhone 14 Pro sticks with a Lightning port. Apple swapping the Lightning port with USB-C on an increasing number of iPads also helps fuel iPhone ...

The Lightning connector was a revolutionary 8-pin, reversible port that replaced the bulky 30-pin dock connector ... and every model from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 14 featuring a Lightning ...

iPhone‌ 14 Plus, and ‌iPhone‌ SE, eliminating the last two ‌iPhone‌ models that were equipped with a Lightning port. Apple no longer manufactures any iPhones with a Lightning port ...

The Apple device contains the socket, and the cable or docking station has the plug. In 2012, the original 30-pin analog+digital interface was replaced with the 8-pin all-digital Lightning connector.