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Does the lightning cable use USB 3 or USB 2?

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    Disappointingly it is only USB 2.0. Says so right there in the details. I was hoping for a lightning to thunderbolt cable or at least USB 3.0. What's the point of a new dock if you can't at least get much faster transfer speeds?

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  • Current lightning cables only support USB 2.

    It is suggested that the flash memory storage used in current iOS devices isn't fast enough to really take advantage of the transfer speed of USB 3. Lightning does use an adaptive interface and has enough pins to support USB 3, so presumably at some point in the future when the technology matures, Apple could implement USB3 support in its iOS devices and release a USB 3 version of the cable that would have an 8-pin USB 3 A connector on the PC end.

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  • The overview says it's USB 2.0 :)

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  • USB 2

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  • It is USB 2.0

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  • USB 2.0.

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  • USB 2

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  • USB2

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  • USB 2.0

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  • It's still USB 2.0 unfortunately.

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  • From description "This USB 2.0 cable connects . . ."

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  • USB 2.0

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  • It says what it is in the first few words of the description: "This USB 2.0 cable connects [...]"

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  • It clearly states in the description this is a USB 2.0 product

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  • It is a USB 2.0 cable.

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  • "This USB 2.0 cable connects your iPhone or iPod with Lightning connector to your computer's USB port for syncing and charging or to the Apple USB Power Adapter for convenient charging from a wall outlet."

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  • The answer to your question is in the overview summary.

    Overview
    This USB 2.0 cable connects your iPhone or iPod with Lightning connector to your computer's USB port for syncing and charging or to the Apple USB Power Adapter for convenient charging from a power point.

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  • This USB 2.0 cable connects your iPhone or iPod with Lightning connector to your computer's USB port for syncing and charging or to the Apple USB Power Adapter for convenient charging from a wall outlet.

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  • The overview says it's USB 2.0.

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  • Lightning uses USB 2. Realistically, there's no point in it being USB 3, as USB 2 is more than sufficient, as iPhone/iPod/iPad storage is the bottleneck of transfer speed.

    Lightning's advantage is that peripherals can hook up serially rather than via parallel pins, allowing for more abundant I/O possibilities.

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