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by bryanlarsen 5009 days ago
without changes to the device's hardware

If the iPhone5 doesn't have internal USB3 or HDMI or DP support, it can't magically gain it through the use of a new cable and new software. It's probable the iPhone6 will support all or most of those, but that's because they changed the device's hardware...

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Why not? The new lighting cable with hdmi or dp chip that transcodes data from soc with new software