Apple could vacuum seal Lightning connections for additional waterproofing

The last few iPhones have been water resistant — but if you drop one in water while it’s charging or connected to some other accessory, you might still have a problem because the Lightning connector itself can still get wet and cause a short.
Apple seems to have looked at ways to prevent this, as detailed in a series of patent applications published today. One pair of applications, first spotted by Patently Apple, handle this in a simple way: they propose changing the shape of Apple