The new connector is both considerably smaller in overall volume than the old 30-pin, and fully reversible as well. In the days right after the iPhone 5 launch Lightning to USB cables were hard to come by both at carrier stores and Apple stores (one Verizon store told me their entire Lightning cable stock had been recalled), but by now stock of more Lightning to USB cables is getting better but still rather limited. I’m willing to bet most other users are the same. At bare minimum I require three cables - one for the nightstand charger, one for in the car, and one for connecting to a computer. Even in my own case this is a friction point, as I managed to snag an extra long 30-pin dock cable Apple uses in their displays for use on my nightstand, and there’s no equivalent at the moment for Lightning. Moving to a completely new interface warrants at the very least the purchase of new cables. Over years of iDevice upgrades I wager most people have built up a considerable inventory of both 30-pin dock cables, chargers, and Made For i (MFi) accessories. The Lightning connector announcement caused a considerable amount of chatter in the Apple ecosystem primarily because of just how ubiquitous 30-pin accessories became in the years that Apple used that as the primary interface for everything iPod, iPad, and iPhone.
With the iPhone 5 and the corresponding iPod lineup refresh, Apple has moved away from the venerable 30-pin dock connector and onto a new 9-pin Lightning connector. Lightning 9-pin: Replacing the 30-pin Dock Connector
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