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Lightning has long been an Apple proprietary standard. It has been on the last 3-4 generations of iPhones iirc.

It has some advantages over USB Micro. Like being reversible.

Not that I'm a fan of USB Micro, but there are cables for sale that have a reversible USB Micro plug, as well as a reversible USB plug on the other end, however I have no experience with their durability.

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