IPhone 8 will reportedly ditch Lightning & instead ship with USB Type-C

The new phones will include a “USB-C port for the power cord and other peripheral devices instead of the company’s original Lightning connector”, says the report.

Echoing previous rumors, a new report from the Wall Street Journal – which typically has a stellar record when it comes to Apple rumors – claims that the aforementioned iPhone 8 will ship with a curved OLED display. Only five years after its introduction, Apple is allegedly replacing the Lightning port with a USB-C port. The high expectation for the major facelift happening within the iPhone design will now meet equally high-fashioned features like the USB-C port debut and the New Curved Lens.

All versions of the upcoming model is said to drop the Lightning port in favor of USB-C. If the sources are correct, then Apple will follow rivals like Samsung with a curved OLED display for its new “iPhone 8“.

Even if it wanted to, Apple can’t possibly find enough suppliers to provide the screen it would require to move its entire line to OLED displays this year. Every Apple smartphone since the iPhone 5 has used the Lightning charger.

Moving from Lightning to USB-C wouldn’t be as disruptive since many accessories now use wireless connectivity, but the move would still undoubtedly generate some bad PR.

And it’s true that Apple has recently become VERY gung-ho on USB-C. Apple is rumored to release as many as three different iPhones this year, and one of them could be a special “Anniversary Edition” that runs as much as $1000. Instead, the company has apparently opted for the USB Type C port. Also, several reports suggest that the upcoming Apple phone will use a new type of screen tech that is more commonly known as OLED. Apple is going to replace the physical buttons with a touch-enabled ‘function’ area.

This high-end model is said to cost $1,000 and be marketed as a premium option alongside the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

A customer tries an Apple Inc. iPhone 7 at KT Corp.’s Olleh Square flagship store in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.

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