“The joke goes: if there is a universal standard Apple will find a way to make it proprietary,” Gordon Kelly writes for Forbes. “Well now it seems not even USB is safe and Apple appears ready to forge ahead with its own version of the technology. Starting with cables supplied with the upcoming iPhone 6.”
“There is Apple logic to this and my theory goes like this: Back in June Apple submitted a new specification to its MFi (Made For) licensing program for headphones to use the Lightning port instead of the standard 3.5mm jack,” Kelly writes. “If it proves popular Apple will be able to phase out the 3.5mm jack so iPhones and iPads need just a single port and in conjunction with this move and the redesign of USB Apple will control both ends of the cable and subsequently two sets of licensing fees.”
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