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06-30-2017, 08:49 PM
Future iPhones won't have a charging port — here's why
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Every iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/) has come with a hole in its bottom. Did I say hole? I meant charging port.
First it was the 30-pin port on the iPhone "2G" (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/original-iphone-2g-does-it-still-work/) in 2007, which lasted until the iPhone 4S in 2011. And then it was the Lightning port, which has appeared on every iPhone since the iPhone 5 in 2012.
But expect that to change in the future.
SEE ALSO: iPhone 2020: Imagining the future of Apple's iconic smartphone (http://mashable.com/2017/06/28/apple-iphone-2020/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It's **t a question of if the port will go away, but when will it happen. We think it could happen in 2020 (http://mashable.com/2017/06/28/apple-iphone-2020/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), but given all the "courage (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/iphone-headphone-jack-courage/)" Apple summoned to kill the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 it's possible they could kill the Lightning port earlier. (But probably **t this year.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/30/iphone-future-**-ports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Lightning (http://mashable.com/category/lightning/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Wireless Charging (http://mashable.com/category/wireless-charging/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ports (http://mashable.com/category/ports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/m-dqsbegTik
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Every iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/) has come with a hole in its bottom. Did I say hole? I meant charging port.
First it was the 30-pin port on the iPhone "2G" (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/original-iphone-2g-does-it-still-work/) in 2007, which lasted until the iPhone 4S in 2011. And then it was the Lightning port, which has appeared on every iPhone since the iPhone 5 in 2012.
But expect that to change in the future.
SEE ALSO: iPhone 2020: Imagining the future of Apple's iconic smartphone (http://mashable.com/2017/06/28/apple-iphone-2020/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It's **t a question of if the port will go away, but when will it happen. We think it could happen in 2020 (http://mashable.com/2017/06/28/apple-iphone-2020/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), but given all the "courage (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/iphone-headphone-jack-courage/)" Apple summoned to kill the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 it's possible they could kill the Lightning port earlier. (But probably **t this year.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/30/iphone-future-**-ports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Lightning (http://mashable.com/category/lightning/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Wireless Charging (http://mashable.com/category/wireless-charging/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ports (http://mashable.com/category/ports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/m-dqsbegTik