It's a Lightning cable. They're everywhere. In 2012, we said goodbye to 30-pin, and Lightning became Apple's main connector. But, seven years later, it's on only two types of devices: iPhones and ...

The 30-pin cables and docks were adapted or updated. Lightning is digital, whereas Apple's previous 30-pin interface was both analog and digital. Although adapters let 30-pin cables plug into ...

The current interface is USB Type C, which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and Lightning connectors as ... a Type C-to-3.5mm adapter is used, which contains a digital-to-analog converter.