[matwood]

It's the short term where the pain will be felt if there is any. The long term is clear, USB-C throughout which I think is a good thing. What I'm confused about is why the iPhone7 was also not USB-C. I fully expect to see the next iPhone switch over.

[bwilliams18]

while I 100% agree the next iPhone SHOULD switch over to USB-C I'd be very surprised if it actually does...Apple isn't going to want to go through a second port transition in such a short period of time (30 pin to lightening) and certainly won't want to change anything after the headphone port this year. Especially b/c next year is the 10th anniversary, and it's understood that they really want it to be something special,

[scottmf]

I agree they won't change so soon, but I just realized there have been as many lightning models as 30 pin models.

[monkmartinez]

Thing is, it's not "just" the connection. They are losing hearts and minds for many reasons... it is not easy to replace that.