• @[email protected]
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    32 years ago

    Yes, some accessories have a hard-wired lightning male end (and therefore need a female adapter). The Apple pencil, those alarm clock speaker docks, some flash drives, etc.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen
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      12 years ago

      The Apple Pencil has a cable attached to it? Why? The Microsoft Surface Pen just charges by being attached magnetically to the side of the Surface.

      • @[email protected]
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        2 years ago

        None of those devices I listed have a cable attached to it, just a male lightning end as part of the device itself.

        The Apple pencil, that came out 8 years ago, charges with a male lightning port at the end (where an eraser might go on a normal pencil). There’s no cable, you’d just insert that end to a lightning supported iPad or iPhone to recharge.

        The magnetic charger enabled second generation came out in 2018, but Apple still fully supports the first generation model.

        • SokathHisEyesOpen
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          12 years ago

          Ah gotcha. Thanks for clarifying because I was imagining a goofy cable hanging off the end of the thing, flying all over the place while you’re writing.