It’s time to retire Lightning, but it had a very good run. It’s time to retire Lightning, but it had a very good run. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Apple's switch to USB-C marks the end of an era — and the beginning of a clutter crisis for anyone with a drawer full of Lightning cables.

I don’t think the iPhone 15’s transition to USB-C is going to be all that painful. Yes, the Lightning plug has found its way to every corner of the world, and you’re just as likely to find one to ...

Apple has launched its latest lineup of iPhone 15 phones, but in addition to the upgrades, it made a major change, ditching the Lightning connector that has been a staple since 2012’s iPhone 5 in ...

For more than a decade, Apple has been using the Lightning port to charge and transfer data to its iPhone line — but all that changes with the upcoming iPhone 15. Goodbye Lightning, hello USB-C.

Apple’s finally killing off its proprietary Lightning charging cord for new iPhones and replacing it with the universal standard USB-C. Anyone who remembers dongle-gate, when Apple switched from the ...

While the world focuses on Apple’s latest slew of new products, we are taking a moment for the last bastion of Apple’s proprietary past—the one remaining product with a Lightning connector that, ...

The dream of carrying one power cable for all your devices is becoming a reality. But things aren’t as simple as they sound. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen, The Times’s personal tech columnist, was ...

The iPhone 15 lineup switched to USB-C, and eventually that will mean we all get to enjoy the simplicity of using only one cable to charge all our Apple devices. Eventually. Until then, you likely ...