Lightning connector

I hated the idea of a new proprietary connector giving up the rich iPod connector heritage with all those lovely digital and analog AV outputs.

I embraced the rest-of-industry USB (its it mini USB or micro USB ?) connector with my Galaxy S4.  But I had lots of cables that didn't work, it was a troublesome connector that had to be just right, and ultimately that aspect of the Galaxy phone broke, the connector losing connection.  My replacement Galaxy was better, but by then I had discarded scads of troublesome cables, and just the few that worked with Galaxy (notably, not the one provided with the unit…) seemingly identical.

Every single time it was an issue to get the orientation right.  Usually had to turn on the lights, get out of bed, and examine it closely.

So, the Lightning connector is appreciated now.