They also just recently rendered the charger cords obselete as well.
Technology marches forward. The Lightning interface is more efficient than the old 30-pin style, and it saves a relatively significant amount of real estate inside the phone's casing.
33 posted on 01/12/2015 8:56:01 AM PST by kevkrom
(I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)