It's also significantly stronger. The lightning connector is male on the cable a...

		radmarshallb on Jan 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple may have to abandon Lightning connector cabl... It's also significantly stronger. The lightning connector is male on the cable and female on the device whereas USB-C has a female connection on the end of the cable and is more prone to damaging the male port on the device.