Apple's First Lightning iPhone is Now Obsolete

[youteonduty]

i miss the lighting port it was good for user and for apple
i hate EU

 

[iGeek2019]

Doesn't seem five minutes ago since I was stood in Derby city centre trying out 4G on EE with iPhone 5 - where have the last 14 years gone?!

 

[poi ran]

Classic phone, good performance for the time, but screen size felt quite dated, Iphone 6 (and plus) fixed that.

I think modern phones are, in general, too large, but many phones from the 2014-2018 era had good size. My current Galaxy S25 Edge is about the same size as Iphone 6 plus.

 

[MetalGod1390]

I still remember getting mine day one at radio shack back when they were $200 for the year. It felt so huge to me and I remember the hoopla over the change from the 30 pin connector. Back when you really felt a difference year over year. Good times.

Same and I remember replacing my iPhone 4 with the iPhone 5 and it felt like a big change

 

[Woodstockie]

Of all the iPhones I had, the 5 is still my favorite, perfect form, size and weight.

 

[sparkso]

That and the iPhone 5s was the most beautiful iPhone form factor I reckon.

 

[thefredelement]

This was a great phone (so was the 5s) - the hype around this was big. I remember trying to order for in store pickup every morning until I got one - and I was able to make another appointment and buy a second one.

The machining and size of this phone were a great combo. After the 5s we got the bigger and not as nice 6 and 7 and 8, but no one cared about 8, IIRC that's the same year the iPhone X came out, which I think people were more excited about though it never had the same feel as the 5 did.

The iPhone 5 shipped with iOS 6. iOS 6 was the pinnacle of the entire technology industry’s skeuomorphic design and user-friendliness, and that was largely due to the leadership of Scott Forstall. Tim Cook was too clueless and mediocre to realize the blatantly obvious irreplaceable value of Forstall, so he fired him shortly after iOS 6 was released.

Without Forstall’s innovative leadership, Cook allowed Jony Ive to copy Microsoft-pioneered flat design, which is user-unfriendly. Apple has been mediocrely copying flat design ever since, shifting to flat design variants like neumorphism and glassmorphism.

Forstall was Apple’s most Steve Jobs-like employee. iOS 6 was proof of that.

I think he was fired because the first versions of Apple Maps was a nightmare, I remember it tried to get me to drive over a canal.

 

[WLSON]

Peak iPhone

 

[CoMoMacUser]

One major reason why I switched from Android to iPhone years ago was because I hoped that the Lightning port wouldn't wear out as quickly as USB-C. That turned out to be the case. When I replaced my 11PM with a 15PM, I was disappointed that I had to give up Lightning.

 

[DogGone]

I gave my old phones back to Apple for recycling. All good phones back in their day. Progress marches on I guess.
I do like having the USB-C connector now. Nearly everything I have uses USB-C now.

The only problem I have with my current iPhone 15 Pro is that the USB-C connector is no holding the plug tightly. Any movement causes it to disconnect. Not much of a biggie since I change wirelessly overnight, but bit of a pain if I have to top up the charge in the evening.

Anyone else seen the same issue?

 

[bkendig]

I've heard the iPhone 5 was the last product Steve Jobs worked on. It's the end of an era.

 

[Lioness~]

I seem to forget all the time that my iPhone mini have Lightning contact, because I have it in any of the wireless chargers I bought for it - it's rare that I plug it in.

When I do need to plug it in I use the only lightning-contacts I have in use - to my keyboard and trackpad to my macStudio, that I bought just before Apple tossed them, for USB-C.

No reason at all to buy the new USB-C Track & Keyboard.
I would’ve if it wasn’t Touch-Id on the keyboard I already have.
Not a big deal, I can live with those lightning contacts that I have.

 

[ReliableSource]

Still think the Black/Slate iPhone 5 is the coolest-looking iPhone ever made. 😎 Can neither confirm or deny that it has influenced my colour choices ever since. 😳

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I am living with my silver 17 Pro Max, but man I am jealous of those black devices 🤤

 

[B4U]

iPhone 5C would like a word…

Which is essentially the iPhone 5 repackaged, right? 🤣

 

[Steves Padawan]

Do you remember how epic launch video Apple released back then?

 

[Verloc]

If it wasn't for the EU, would we still be on Lightning?

 

[19callum93]

LOVED the hype around the iPhone 5. Made the papers after camping out for the night for the launch 😂 good times!

 

[Unregistered 4U]

If it wasn't for the EU, would we still be on Lightning?

Nope, they said Lightning would be around for a decade before the EU was all enamored with micro-USB. And, after the 10th iteration of Lightning, the first USB-C iPhone was released. And, with what we know about how long it takes from planning to production, Apple was working on this before the EU law passed. Which is not surprising, they were one of the first companies to ship a USB-C product and had more employees working on it than any company other than Intel.