Lightnin’ strikes once more: Apple nonetheless is not over its previous connection |

The Lightning connector lives on. Even after all of the efforts of the European Union, the Lighting cable isn’t fully gone. No, we aren’t speaking concerning the outdated merchandise nonetheless having it, though the Magic equipment want to modify to the USB-C. However, it’s the sizzling new Imaginative and prescient Professional, which prices $3,500, having not one however two Lightning connectors, and they’re as large as they will get.

Just a few days in the past, Ray Wong from Inverse, on X (previously Twitter), shared a picture of a large-sized Lighting connector. He says the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional energy cable connects the battery with the Lightning. He used a SIM elimination device to push right into a small gap within the silver exterior battery pack of the Imaginative and prescient Professional subsequent to the cable, and out popped what seems to be a bigger, 12-pin model of the connector that Apple ditched final 12 months on the iPhone.
In case you thought this is perhaps the ultimate model of Lighting, little have you learnt what’s to return.

The Imaginative and prescient Professional headset has one other, even larger Lightning plug, which is even larger than the 12-pin plug it makes use of to hook up with its battery pack. The plug has ten pins, and it is hidden inside the headset’s strap. iFixit has posted a photograph displaying the big connector as they disassemble the Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Neither of those are Lightning cables that may be plugged into an iPhone since they solely have 8 pins and are a lot wider. There’s one other Lightning, the smallest of all, and it’s within the AirPods Max.
Some extent to be famous is that the Imaginative and prescient Professional has no ports in any respect. The exterior battery connects to the headset utilizing a magnetic puck, twist, and lock. Nevertheless, there’s a $299 “Developer Strap” for the Imaginative and prescient Professional, which has a USB-C port and is normally used to attach the headset and Mac. It’d or may not energy the headset via an influence socket, or we can’t know till somebody toys round with their headset.
The rationale why Apple opted to make use of Lightning on the Imaginative and prescient Professional remains to be unclear. Though it is not likely meant for common use, it is fascinating to notice that it may have had a USB-C port as a substitute. It is ironic that regardless of the EU‘s efforts, Apple’s shiny new headset nonetheless depends on the Lightning connector.