Apple should keep Lightning for now, but USB-A has to die

AppleInsider
Nov 16, 2018, 3:19 pm1.2k ptsHotTop
USB-C is slowly, but surely, replacing all the cables in our lives and is trying to be the ubiquitous solution to power all our gadgets. The one holdback before the format can accomplish this task, is insistence on maintaining the USB-A connector, and our old friend, Apple's Lightning cable. One of them has to…

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