With the release of the iPhone 16E and the removal of the iPhone 14 and third-generation iPhone SE from its website, Apple has ceased selling new iPhone models with Lightning connections. There is a USB-C port on every new iPhone. At last.
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This shift is hardly shocking. With upgraded iPads and newer accessories like the Magic Mouse and keyboard, Apple has gradually switched its goods from Lightning, which it first debuted with the iPhone 5 more than ten years ago, to USB-C. There is even a USB-C port on the Siri Remote for Apple TV.
The original Apple Pencil and a few adapters are among the products that Apple still sells that use Lightning.
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