Someone Has Created an Android Phone With a Lightning Port, And It Works

Apple doesn’t seem to be willing to give up on the Lightning port, and despite rumors that USB-C could at one point makes its way to the iPhone, the Cupertino-based tech giant appears to suggest its proprietary port is here to stay. But this doesn’t necessarily mean the Lightning connector must remain an iPhone exclusive. Not at all. And while companies out there have absolutely no intention to bring this port to their devices, engineer Keen Pillonel has decided to do this on his own. Pillonel is the engineer who managed to create an iPhone with a USB-C port, with the device eventually selling for big bucks on eBay. Now he decided to go the other way around and put a Lightning port on a Samsung Galaxy A51. Unsurprisingly, the whole thing works, though Pillonel himself admits the result isn’t necessarily as refined as expected. The project, however, is much harder than you’d be tempted to believe. “[This]...