iPhone "MagSafe Lightning Port" Vaporware?

[larryleveen]

A decade ago (jeez, I feel old) there were articles about a magsafe-like adapter for Lightning ports that was being developed. Some mentioned a Kickstarter for it. Did anything ever come of that? I am curious because a friend has had his phone's Lightning Port wear out due to repeated use. I thought this might be an unintended benefit of the concept — to rely on magnets that don't wear out the port. The little Lightning port adapter could probably just stay in there all the time because it's super low profile — or at least it was in concept. Did this item ever make it to market? Is there anything like this for an iPhone (either Lightning or USB-C)?

TIA.

 

[tuzii]

its all over amazon and aliexpress

 

[throAU]

There were magnetic cables years ago yes.

These days, just use a charging pad?

 

[larryleveen]

There were magnetic cables years ago yes.

These days, just use a charging pad?

Fair enough, though a magsafe solution that provided BOTH charging AND pinout contacts for data like audio/video, etc. would be the preferred option because repeated use of the port wore it out for my friend. Not sure if that is possible but would love to know. Thanks, all!

 

[FreakinEurekan]

I've used magnetic USB-C connectors for my iPad, for charging. No idea if they'd work for data or not. Amazon & Aliexpress, like @tuzii said.

 

[throAU]

Fair enough, though a magsafe solution that provided BOTH charging AND pinout contacts for data like audio/video, etc. would be the preferred option because repeated use of the port wore it out for my friend. Not sure if that is possible but would love to know. Thanks, all!

Not sure if they extra worked for data. If you’ve got s regular iphone (non pro) then wireless is likely faster for data anyway. If you do have a phone with a 10 gigabit port on it, the cable with magnet in it is likely not going to work for high speed data so…

 

[larryleveen]

At the very least, I can suggest that my friend use wireless charging to cut down on port wear-and-tear. Thx.