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The new iPad Air ditching the Lightning connector is the shape of things to come

That’s right, the new iPad Air might well drop the Lightning port and come with a USB-C connection instead. And one thing’s for certain: there’s gonna be a whole lot more of this sorta news over the ...
Shacknews

New iPad Air will use USB-C instead of Apple's Lightning connector

Along with the Apple Watch, the iPad family of devices took center stage at the September 2020 Apple Event. Apple revealed the eighth generation of iPads, as well as a new iPad Air 4. When detailing ...
VentureBeat

Here’s why Apple’s iPad Pro dumped Lightning for USB-C

There were lots of announcements at Apple’s Brooklyn, New York “More in the Making” event today, but one was seriously unlike the others: Apple actually switched the third-generation iPad Pro from its ...
Inverse

Report Claims iPad Pro Will Use USB-C, and It Could Mean End of Lightning

Apple could be gearing up to replace the Lightning connector on the iPad Pro with the USB-C standard found on Android smartphones and MacBooks. A Monday report claims the company is planning to launch ...
Wired

A heartfelt eulogy for the decrepit Apple Lightning connector

We are gathered today to mark the passing of a dear friend. Apple Lightning was consigned to the earth on September 15, 2020, aged eight years and three days. Lightning lived fast and burned bright, ...