It's official Apple is finally getting rid of the lightning cord iphone charger and replacing it with USB C. Here's why that's such *** big deal at Apple's event on Tuesday, September 12th. The tech ...

USB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones. The most important of its many capabilities is as a charging socket for battery-powered devices. USB-C should finally make ...

The long and short of it is that Apple most likely made the decision to comply with a law imposed by the EU mandating that a multitude of devices have a common charger, which included smartphones.