When Apple launched the lightning connection in the hand of the iPhone 5, many were the users who raised their hands to the head since all the devices with the 30-pin connection they were no longer compatibleAt least initially and as long as we did not use the 30-pin to lightning adapter, an adapter that had a price of 30 euros.
Since the launch of iPhone 5, six years have passed, more than enough time for users with devices with a 30-pin connection, such as speakers, have had time to renew themselves by models more modern, so it has decided to withdraw from the Apple Store online, the 30-pin to lightning adapter.
The change from a 30-pin connection to the lightning connection, it was not an apple whim, although initially it may seem. This type of connection not only allows us to charge our iPhone or iPad much faster, regardless of the power of the charger, but also, the data transfer speed is much higher, which allows us to transfer information in much less time .
In addition, you can also use for as headphone port, as we saw with the launch of the iPhone 7, the first iPhone model to do without the headphone jack. The problem in this sense is that you cannot charge the iPhone while listening to music with your favorite wired headphones, but for that there are already AirPods or any other wireless headphones with a bluetooth connection.
If the iPhone 5 was the first iPhone with lightning connection, the fourth generation iPad (released 6 months after the third generation) together with the Pad mini, were the first iPad models with this type of connection. The different rumors that Apple could implement the USB-C connection are still that, rumors and at the moment it does not seem that the Cupertino-based company has short-term plans to use it on the iPhone and iPad.