Last year, an engineer named Ken Pillonel did what Apple has not yet done, despite pressure from consumers and regulatory authorities alike. He developed the first iPhone with a functional USB-C port, which went on to become one of the highest-priced iPhones on eBay late last year. To “balance things out”, Pillonel has now developed the world’s first Android device with a functional Lightning port. Check out the details below.
In a recent video on his YouTube channel, Pillonel shared a teaser of the world’s first-ever Android smartphone with Apple’s proprietary Lightning port. The engineer says that no one in their right mind would do anything like this to their device as coming from a USB-C port to a Lightning port is definitely a downgrade rather than an upgrade. However, it is meant to be a fun project, says Pillonel.
Pillonel stated that modding the Android device with a Lightning port was easier than the first USB-C iPhone for two reasons.”The first is that I’m getting better at it because I’m learning new things every day, so hopefully I can finish these mods faster and faster. The second reason is that the quality of the finished product is nowhere near what it was for the iPhone,” he said.
