The Uses of Lightning Cables

THE USES OF LIGHTNING CABLES 8. PINS Unveiled at the press conference announcing the iPhone 5 and 2012 iPod lineup, the proprietary Lightning connector replaces the 30-pin connector found on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod since 2003. Like the 30-pin connector, the Lightning connector is used for charging the device as well as syncing content and data and audio and video output. Where the Dock connector had 30 pins, the Lighting one has just eight signal pins - and that means it's much, much smaller, which helps Apple make super-slim devices such as the iPhone 5. It's a little bit bigger than a micro-USB connector, but only by a little bit. Lightning Micro-USB USB Lightning is based on USB 2.0, not the faster 2.0 3.0 or Thunderbolt cables, presumably for cost reasons. Lightning Delivers: Micro-USB Delivers: The Apple Lightning connector can safely deliver at least up to 12W 9W 12W before the wire connections encounter any heat issues. In comparison, Micro-USB can only safely carry up to 9W of power. Many of the newer, large 5W 10W screen Android phones and the iPhone 5 require 5W. Android tablets and the full-size iPad as well Large Screen Android Phones and the iPhone Android Tablets, Full-size iPads & the Microsoft Surface as the Microsoft Surface require 10W. 5 Require 5W SOURCES: news.cnet.com/apple-event cnet.com/news/apples-lightning-connector-and-you-what-you-should-know techradar.com/us/news/computing/apple/apple-lightning-connector-what-you-need-to-know-1106884 zdnet.com/article/oh-apple-lightning-connector-how-do-i-love-thee BROUGHT TO YOU BY: 888-212-829 55 CableWholesale www.cablewholesale.com