Apple’s Lightning to 30-pin Adapter has its own DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Converter) allowing the iPhone 5’s digital signal to be understood by your analogue dock – which isn’t a cheap or simple piece ...

Apple is making a change to the iPhone's charging port, and the iPhone 15 is the first to feature USB-C instead of Lightning. Here's what you need to know ...

To ease the transition, Apple released a US$30 30-pin-to-Lightning adapter that made it possible, if rather jankily, to still use some of these “old” accessories.

Now that iPhone 15 is eschewing the Lightning connector in favor of USB-C, there are several adapters available to bridge the gap for Lightning accessories.

Apple introduced the Lightning charger alongside the iPhone 5 in 2012, replacing its existing 30-pin dock connector with one that enabled faster charging and had a reversible design.

And they worked with the iPhone too, of course. The old 30-pin connector vs. the Lightning plug Well, now history is about to repeat itself as Apple prepares to abandon the Lighting in favor of USB-C.

However, the USB-C standard was only finalized in 2014, which was too late – Apple wanted off the 30-pin connector as soon as possible. So, what is Lightning, anyway?

An inexpensive USB-C to Lightning adapter means you can charge your Apple devices without a dedicated cord. What more could you want?

Before the iPhone, iPod was Apple’s only portable device, and it had a proprietary 30-pin connector that was first introduced with the 2003 iPod (the first two generations had a FireWire ...

At the time of its introduction, Lightning was a step in the right direction compared to Apple's old 30-pin dock connector, since Lightning supported two orientations, similar to USB-C, and a ...

Apple has discontinued its Lightning to 30-pin Adapter and is no longer selling it online. But you can find it at several third-party outlets.