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Apple exec confirms iPhones will switch to USB-C because 'we have no choice'

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Re: Self inflicted

Apple originally approached the USB-IF with what we now call the Lighting connector and proposed it as a replacement for micro USB but it was rejected as the USB-IF decided that consumers didn't care about reversable connectors.

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