Most Cursed Prank Ever: an Engineer Created the First Android Phone With an Apple Lightning Port

Last October, a determined engineering student did what Apple has stubbornly refused to do: upgrade an iPhone with a USB-C port instead of Lightning. That phone went on to sell at auction for over $US86,000 ($119,385), proving there was a demand for the upgrade. This time Ken Pillonel has done the opposite, swapping out an Android’s USB-C port with Lightning, creating a smartphone that absolutely no one will want.Putting a proprietary charging port on a device is an annoying inconvenience