In 2012, Apple made the controversial transition from the 30-pin connection to the well-known Lightning input. Lightning has many advantages, because the cable is reversible and a lot more compact.
To accommodate people at the time, Apple released a separate adapter so that you could continue to use your current 30-pin cables. This adapter was until recently still for sale at Apple, but has now been removed from the assortment.
Maybe you still have the adapter somewhere in a desk drawer, but it could also just be that you use it a lot. If you wanted to keep using your old cables at the time of the switch to Lightning, you needed this € 35 adapter. The adapter was also widely used to use 30-pin accessories with newer iPhones and iPads with Lightning connection.
If you still have this adapter or still use it often, you can better economize on it. There are still a number of alternatives from unofficial brands, but Apple's is still hard to find. Apple still has the 30-pin-to-USB cable in its range. This cable costs € 25 and is meant to charge older devices and iPods .
As an alternative, there is a more expensive cable version of the adapter for sale. It has a 0.2 meter cable and does exactly the same as the adapter. This short cable with Lightning and 30-pin connection is available from Amac ( € 45 ) and MediaMarkt ( € 45 ). That probably will not last long, because we do not expect Apple to produce many copies of this accessory.
Apple will probably make room for a new adapter that will soon be available. According to rumors, the new iPad Pro gets USB-C instead of Lightning. A USB-C-to-Lightning adapter therefore lurks, so you can use your existing Lightning accessories with this iPad .
To accommodate people at the time, Apple released a separate adapter so that you could continue to use your current 30-pin cables. This adapter was until recently still for sale at Apple, but has now been removed from the assortment.
Lightning-to-30-pin adapter from assortment
If you still have this adapter or still use it often, you can better economize on it. There are still a number of alternatives from unofficial brands, but Apple's is still hard to find. Apple still has the 30-pin-to-USB cable in its range. This cable costs € 25 and is meant to charge older devices and iPods .
As an alternative, there is a more expensive cable version of the adapter for sale. It has a 0.2 meter cable and does exactly the same as the adapter. This short cable with Lightning and 30-pin connection is available from Amac ( € 45 ) and MediaMarkt ( € 45 ). That probably will not last long, because we do not expect Apple to produce many copies of this accessory.
Apple will probably make room for a new adapter that will soon be available. According to rumors, the new iPad Pro gets USB-C instead of Lightning. A USB-C-to-Lightning adapter therefore lurks, so you can use your existing Lightning accessories with this iPad .
