This year’s #iphone should be the last with Lightning

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As per usual, rumors surrounding the next iPhone are starting to coalesce into a consistent set of expectations. The latest information comes from the very reliable Guilherme Rambo of 9to5Mac, suggesting that this year’s iPhone 11 will come in three types, have OLED screens across the entire lineup, add a wide angle camera, improve the selfie camera, have some sort of fancy haptics, and finally: charge via the Lightning connector.

It’s that last part that has irked people in my social media feed — though perhaps that’s because I am somehow embedded in some kind of USB-C enthusiast bubble (Twitter is weird). Still, the sentiment seems to be that sticking with Lightning port on the iPhone 11 is disappointing.

As somebody who has long…

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