Apple Introduces New 2 Meter Lightning to USB Cable

Apple has introduced a new 2 meter (~6.5ft) Lightning to USB Cable, which is twice the length of the previous 1 meter (~3.2ft) Lightning to USB Cable.

The cable will ship within 24 hours, or you can pick them up at Apple Retail Stores starting Thursday, September 12.

This 2-meter USB 2.0 cable connects your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with Lightning connector to your computer's USB port for syncing and charging or to the Apple USB Power Adapter for convenient charging from a wall outlet.

The 1 meter cable is still in the lineup at $19, and the longer 2 meter cable is priced at $29.


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Apple Lightning Connector Dynamically Assigns Pins for Reversible Use?

Apple's new Lightning connector appears to dynamically assigns pins for reversible use, according to a AppleInsider report.

Peter Bradstock from Double Helix Cables provided the site with some interesting information on the connector. He notes that some features of the connector such as USB power are symmetrical on each side of the plug with pin 1 and pin 8 being connected. Other features such as data connections appear to be asymmetrical.

"Take top pin 2 for example," he wrote in an e-mail to AppleInsider. "It is contiguous, electrically, with bottom pin 2. So, as the plug is inserted into the iPhone, if you have the cable in one way, pin 2 would go into the left side of the jack, flip it the other way and the same pair of pins is going to match up with the other side of the jack (as the electrical contacts in the iPhone's jacks are along the bottom)."

"Dynamic assignment of the pins is the only way for the USB data to be routed, since I've proven that top pin 2 and bottom pin 2 are the pins that go to the Data+ connection of the USB," he said.

The complexity of the connector may be one of the reasons for the higher cost of the cable and adapters. Notably, the dynamic pin assignment could also explain the authentication chip included between the V+ contact of the USB and the power pin of the Lightning plug.


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Lightening To 30 Pin Portion

It seems that someone has made a site for people to voice their opinions and be added to a list by posting a comment. If you are affected like most of us idevice users are with the new lightening to 30pin adapter and all of your old docks/ chargers/ USB cables/ external battery packs/ etc..

Take a look here and share it with your fiends: LighteningTo30pinPotiton


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Apple unveils Lightning connector and cables

As we already unveiled prior to Apple iPhone 5 media event taking place right now, Apple today took the wraps off its new smaller dock connector and cables with new “Lightning” branding to go hand in hand with its Thunderbolt moniker. Apple confirmed today the new reversible connector includes an “all-digital, 8-signal design”, adaptive interface, and improved durability. It is also 80 percent smaller than the old connector. As previously rumored, Apple also briefly showed off a 30-pin adapter for the new dock connector but did not go into details.




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