The era of Lightning sockets on iPhones is over
(Picture: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Archive)It’s official: all electronic devices sold in the EU will need to use USB-C charging cables from the end of 2024, in a move intended to make life easier for consumers, as well as to reduce e-waste.
Given most small electronic devices already rely on USB-C, this won’t be a big change for most people. But there’s one big exception: Apple, which has used its proprietary Lightning cable for every handset since the iPhone 5 released in 2012 and pretty much all of its iPads, too
