Apple New Braided Cable

Braided Apple iPhone lightning cable pictured, expected to ship with iPhone 12

 today posted photos of the purported iPhone 12 Lightning to USB-C cable, featuring a new braided cord design. The account originally said, on July 14th, that the next iPhone would come with the new braided cable.

The latest rumors indicate that Apple will stop including the power adapter and earbuds in new iPhone boxes, but seemingly it is upgrading the quality of the cable. Just like the Apple Watch, we believe the iPhone 12 will come with just the Lightning to USB-C charge cable, with Apple clearly expecting most users to already have plenty of chargers to plug into

Right now, only the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max come with a Lightning to USB-C cable, as it comes with the Apple 18 W USB-C charger. The cheaper iPhone 11 series includes the 5W charger and corresponding USB-A cable.

It’s not clear if Apple will move to Lightning to USB-C cables for every model this year.

In the pictures, we can see white and black versions of the cable. The shorter white version is what we can expect to see in the iPhone 12 box. The 2019 Mac Pro already comes with black braided Lightning to USB-C cable, which is probably what is being shown in the photo. @L0vetodream suggests Apple will start using this cable with iMac Pro shipments as well.

Apple’s Lightning cables have a reputation of fraying and breaking easily. Hopefully, the braided variants are more durable.

Apple does offer a black Lighting cable with its 2017 iMac Pro which serves for charging the included Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2 but has always included white cables with all its iPhones. According to speculation, the new Lighting cables will measure 1.05m just like the current in-box one but their diameter will be significantly larger at 3.04mm.

Some subtle differences with these new cables are that the white one is missing the rubber tubing below the connector while the black version has the tubing but also appears to have a matte finish on top. There is still no confirmation that these cables are legit or if Apple will bundle them with the iPhone 12 series so we’ll have to wait for more details to come.

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