I was a bit skeptical of your statement, because it FELT like they came out at the same time; but you are completely correct. The iPhone 5 with lightning was released Sep 2012, and the USB-C standard was published in Aug 2014. Almost exactly 2 years later. The first smartphone with USB-C didn’t come out until a full year later, though. So lightning was more like 3 years ahead in the phone world.
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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year agoLightning predates USB C by like two years
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
eskimofry@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Two years is like no time in the land of technology standards. Apple did not know whats going to happen in 2 years? Come on!
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They weren’t going to keep a huge 40 pin connector for two extra iPhone models or spend two years on microusb just to quickly switch to usb-c. And I think they went with the 40-pin over micro-usb as they already had a base of consumers with those cables from the success of iPods. If Wikipedia is correct micro usb was only announced six months prior to the original iPhone.
Cabrio@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But not USB as a standard it doesn’t. They still chose proprietary over standard because wankers.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Micro usb fucking sucked. Being a standard doesn’t mean shit when the standard is shit.
stonedemoman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What the fuck are you talking about? Lightning cable specs were identical to micro USB.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Other than, you know, the connector. The thing most people care about. Most USB-C cables today are usb 2.0 still anyway so they have the same spec as Lightning.
Micro usb was non reversible, the little pins broke all the fuckin time so the cable wouldn’t stay in the port, and the connector would damage the port itself so you’d just be fucked.
Lightning was miles ahead of that. It was reversible so it literally didn’t matter how you put it in. There were no fragile little pins to hold it in so it lasted a lot longer, and since the internal pins in the port were all on the sides of the port it was a lot harder to damage the port itself. If the cable got damaged you could just replace it without worrying about the port.
Lightning was better than micro and mini usb in pretty much every way.
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nah, they didn’t suck.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, but that moves us out of a conversation about e-waste
Cabrio@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep, the e-waste conversation is bullshit apple propaganda because they aren’t happy about playing nice with competitors and losing proprietary control of their connectors despite it being the same e-waste as if they were upgrading from or to any other standard.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, at the time they went with proprietary over micro usb to have a reversible port that could push more wattage. I feel like they’ve been dragging their feet because consumers hate changing to new cable standards. I remember the complaints when they moved away from the 40-pin to lightning. They’ve been putting USB C on devices for years now.