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Transfer speeds by year

    2001 USB: 480Mb/s

    2012 Lightening 480Mb/s

    2023 USB 80,000 Mb/s

    2023 Lightening 480 Mb/s
But just on physical characteristics, I've had to deal with multiple iPhone with a broken pins whereas broken pins for USB is just a replacement cable.


Lightning does also support USB 3 (5Gbps) speed. It was used on iPads before they switched to USB-C. Do your research before posting false information.


Not really, that requires an Apple proprietary adapter for connecting to Cameras.

If you plug one of those three models of iPads in to a computer they’ll transfer files at 480Mb/s.


Not if you use the right cable


What you're saying is, Lightening supports USB 3.0 speeds on the 3 devices below when and only when using a £40 dongle which lets you connect an actual USB cable.

> 12.9-inch iPad Pro 1st Gen

> 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2st Gen

> 10.5-inch iPad Pro

That's ignoring all the form posts stating it doesn't work even with the adapter and ignoring the dongles product page stating it supports specific file encodings.

> The Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter supports standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW, along with SD and HD video formats, including H.264 and MPEG-4.

The cable was a means of vendor lock-in, nothing more.

It doesn't even support 1080p!!

> maximum supported resolution of 1600 x 900

USB meanwhile, 8k@60hz

Lightening is un-defendable.




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