Lightning Cord

[kannesss]

Did apple make the cord specifically a weird certain way so companies wouldnt know how to remake it the correct ways???

 

[MrGimper]

Did apple make the cord specifically a weird certain way so companies wouldnt know how to remake it the correct ways???

They put a chip in the cable to allow the cable to do a multitude of things, and be more flexible. Although no doubt it will make clones harder, I doubt it was a major design goal.

 

[thewitt]

Apple does things that make sense from an engineering standpoint. The adaptive cable takes up less space in the phone, allows the cable to be plugged in from both orientations - responding to a common complaint - and maintains nearly the same functionality as the 30 pin behemoth.

No, they did not change the cable to thwart third party cable makers.

 

[HowardSmith]

Good news is that they are shipping them. I ordered two more from Apple a few days ago and they shipped today.

 

[needfx]

Apple does things that make sense from an engineering standpoint. The adaptive cable takes up less space in the phone, allows the cable to be plugged in from both orientations - responding to a common complaint - and maintains nearly the same functionality as the 30 pin behemoth.

No, they did not change the cable to thwart third party cable makers.

I suppose it served both purposes

 

[boomhower]

No, they didn't. They made a compact bi-directional plug. It's more complicated than the old plug but making knock-offs more difficult wasn't a design decision I would imagine.