History lesson: Watch Phil Schiller unveil the Lightning connector ahead of iPhone 15’s switch to USB-C
On the eve of the iPhone 15’s switch to USB-C, I thought it’d be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Let’s take it back to September 12, 2012, when Phil Schiller first introduced the world to the Lightning connector and the iPhone 5.
“The iPhone from its start has used the iPod 30-pin connector which we launched originally in 2003, and it served us well for almost a decade,” Schiller said on stage. “But so much has changed since we first created that 30-pin connector.”
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