Why the iPhone 8 deserves USB-C

By every account, the iPhone 8 is going to be a big deal. If the rumors are to be believed, it will be a bezel-less, button-free monster of a smartphone, coming to raid our bank accounts and our free time.
That's all well and good, but a new Wall Street Journal report has everyone freaked out over a seemingly minor detail: Apple might ditch the Lightning connector in favor of USB-C. That might seem like a particularly courageous move on Apple's part -- Lightning only came into being in