It is reported that Apple is preparing its own reversible USB standard with no relation regardless of the front and back sides

New standard of USB to be inserted on both sides"Type-C" is completed and production stage, But overseas media reports that there is a possibility that Apple has developed its own reversible USB cable exclusively for Apple devices that do not have a Micro-USB terminal.

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This is a USB cable manufactured by Foxconn which provides various parts to Apple. There is something like a partition in the middle.


Meanwhile, the USB connector of the current Lightning cable is plugged with half of the connector as follows.

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Lightning terminal side is like this.


Cable packed.


Whether this is Apple's genuine or a third party is unknown, but on July 24th Apple decided to revert to a reversible USB connectorGet a patent, And if the leaked photo is genuine, Apple is considered to be able to release at the same time as Type 3 - C of USB 3.1 which is expected to be shipped next year.

Apple announced in May this yearAcquired headphone maker "Beats" for about 300 billion yen. We improved the earnings as well as the Lightning cable and added a headphone that adopted the Lightning connector to the MFi certification program (Made-For-iPhone / iPad / iPod) in June.

Even if this picture is not genuine, it is certain that Apple is developing the next generation USB cable. The iPhone 6 will be released at the end of 2014, and the next generation Lightning cable is thought to be bundled with iPhone 6.