

And again, another bunch of adapters, this time to convert USB-C to Lightning and vice versa. So, here we are a decade later, with USB-C rapidly becoming the universal standard and Apple still married to its proprietary port ( unless you live in the EU). That move made roughly a decade's worth of earlier Apple chargers obsolete-and spawned a market of adapters to charge up and transfer data from older devices. The brand's most recent major overhaul in this department was in 2012, with the release of the iPhone 5 and a new eight-pin Lightning connector to replace the 30-pin dock connector.

Apple may be known for making fantastic products, but it's also infamous for frustrating the heck out of customers when it comes to compatibility.
