This week we bid farewell to the Lightning port – with the launch of the iPhone 15 sequence and the Professional fashions its story involves an in depth. Now we have already had an in depth have a look at Lightning, what it was, what it may do and what it couldn’t do. Right here we simply needed to recollect all of the gadgets that had been powered by Lightning.
The story started in 2012 with the iPhone 5, the iPad 4 and the model new iPad mini. Apple additionally switched a few iPods – the seventh gen nano and the fifth gen contact – to Lightning. This was vital because the 30-pin connector that Lightning got here to interchange was initially used on the iPod (after ditching FireWire).
Now, the iPhone 5, just like the iPads and the iPods, every had 3.5mm headphone jack – that wouldn’t go away till the iPhone 7 era. However you possibly can see that the writing was on the wall, Apple additionally launched a model of its wired EarPods headphones that used a Lightning plug as a substitute of a 3.5mm jack.
The equipment included within the iPhone 7 field
A fast notice: to keep away from muddle, we are going to skip some merchandise, largely cables and chargers and such. Actually the one such accent price together with right here is the Lightning to three.5mm adapter from 2016 – Apple included one in every of these with each iPhone 7 (together with a pair of Lightning EarPods) and it did the identical for future fashions till 2018.
So, as you possibly can see the checklist is dominated by iDevices, however there are wi-fi headphones – the AirPods, that are shifting to USB-C as properly – plus small battery-powered electronics like some keyboards and mice (these ought to have switched to USB-C together with the Macs that they’re linked to, anyway).
Goodbye, Lightning.
2012
Apple iPhone 5 • Apple iPad 4 Wi-Fi • Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi
Apple EarPods • Apple iPod nano (seventh gen) • iPod contact (fifth gen)
2013
Apple iPhone 5s • Apple iPhone 5c • Apple iPad Air • Apple iPad mini 2
2014
Apple iPhone 6 • Apple iPhone 6 Plus • Apple iPad Air 2 • Apple iPad mini 3
2015
Apple iPhone 6s • Apple iPhone 6s Plus • Apple iPad mini 4 (2015) • Apple iPad Professional 12.9 (2015)
Apple Pencil (1st gen) • Apple Magic Keyboard • Apple Magic Mouse (2nd gen) • Magic Trackpad
Apple iPod Contact (sixth gen) • Beats Capsule+
2016
Apple iPhone 7 • Apple iPhone 7 Plus • Apple iPhone SE • Apple iPad Professional 9.7 (2016)
Lightning to three.5mm adapter • Apple AirPods (1st gen)
2017
Apple iPhone 8 • Apple iPhone 8 Plus • Apple iPhone X • Apple iPad 9.7 (2017)
Apple iPad Professional 10.5 (2017) • Apple iPad Professional 12.9 (2017) • BeatsX • Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
2018
Apple iPhone XS • Apple iPhone XS Max • Apple iPhone XR • Apple iPad 9.7 (2018)
2019
Apple iPhone 11 • Apple iPhone 11 Professional • Apple iPhone 11 Professional Max • Apple iPad mini (2019)
Apple iPad 10.2 (2019) • Apple iPad Air (2019) • Apple AirPods (2nd gen) • Apple AirPods Professional (1st gen)
Apple iPod Contact (seventh gen) • Beats Solo Professional
2020
Apple iPhone 12 mini • Apple iPhone 12 • Apple iPhone 12 Professional • Apple iPhone 12 Professional Max
Apple iPhone SE (2020) • Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) • Apple AirPods Max
2021
Apple iPhone 13 mini • Apple iPhone 13 • Apple iPhone 13 Professional • Apple iPhone 13 Professional Max
Apple iPad 10.2 (2021) • Apple AirPods (third gen)
2022
Apple iPhone 14 • Apple iPhone 14 Plus • Apple iPhone 14 Professional • Apple iPhone 14 Professional Max
Apple iPhone SE (2022) • Apple AirPods Professional (2nd gen)
