[mls-pl]

Lightning port, compared to USB C, is almost indestructible. There's no way you damage it by pulling cable sideways. Do the same with USB... Apple should upgrade Lightning to fully support USB C protocol but leave connector as is. But we'll see how they respond to another senseless EU idea...

[edmcnulty101]

Yeah I like the design of the lightning port better than USB C.

[lillecarl]

This is misinformation, the USB-C connector is designed to outlast it's cables. A common problem with USB-C is that the connector get's filled with "stuff", and rather than picking it out they just jam their cable in harder til it's packed full.

The Lightning port has less of this problem because it's smaller but I've seen my colleague use a SIM-card removal tool to pick things out of his iPhone connector too.

The reason "USB-C is bad" is because you're comparing some of the highest quality manufacturing (Apple) with others. Apples USB-C on the Macbook is really solid.

[anamax]

> This is misinformation, the USB-C connector is designed to outlast it's cables.

That's the wrong measure; outlasting cables is inadequate.

The correct measure is how long a USB-C connector lasts.

In my experience, the "tongue" in the USB-C connector gets broken in about two years. That forces me to buy a new phone, and hope that it arrives before my old phone's battery dies.

As to "you're doing it wrong" or "you're supposed to clean it every 30 insertions", it's freaking consumer connector. It should just work.

Meanwhile, I've never seen a lightning connector fail. The cords do, and they cost too much, but they're just cords.

And, yes, the lightning connector could/should be more robust.