[sneak]

Lightning is extensible, thereby preventing the "in fifteen years once every single hotel and gym has adopted it we will have to force them all to change again" problem which affects both the dock connector and micro-usb.

Those that think lightning connectors are just a pain in the ass haven't thought it through.

Additionally, it is one of the best physical connectors ever designed - a good choice for a reprogrammable interface that we are hopefully stuck with forever.