A 3.5mm-wide, 1cm long plug has a far greater endurance to lever-type stress introduced e.g. by your pants or your hands when you hold the phone tilted for movie watching. A Lightning plug, in comparison, is a bit wider but only ~1mm thick and 4mm long... and thus FAR more susceptible to bending stress.
Apple only wants people to repair their iPhones more often...
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[ 7.3 ms ] story [ 15.3 ms ] threadA 3.5mm-wide, 1cm long plug has a far greater endurance to lever-type stress introduced e.g. by your pants or your hands when you hold the phone tilted for movie watching. A Lightning plug, in comparison, is a bit wider but only ~1mm thick and 4mm long... and thus FAR more susceptible to bending stress.
Apple only wants people to repair their iPhones more often...