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Ordered a 2nd iPad. First is about 1.5 years old. The end of the charging cable and the charger, of course, on the new one is a smaller size than the original, what I consider standard USB cable. The two iPhones in the house also have the standard size cable. What do we call this new cord/charger size? Thanks for your help.
iPad, iPadOS 14
If you bought a current iPad Air or iPad Pro that would be USB-C, if you bought an iPad 8 or an iPad mini 5, it would be "lightning" though the cable end on the charger side maybe USB-C.
Seethe following image to identify the connector:
If you bought a current iPad Air or iPad Pro that would be USB-C, if you bought an iPad 8 or an iPad mini 5, it would be "lightning" though the cable end on the charger side maybe USB-C.
Seethe following image to identify the connector:
Are you sure its a seventh generation iPad? A Seventh Generation iPad has a Lightning port not USB-C same as the 8th generation iPad. They both have the same lightning port. The cables may be different as one may have been traditional lightning to USB-A while the 8th generation currently ships with a Lightning to USB-C cable.
Apple does not include micro USB cables for anything. no way it would be in there.
Lightning on the left side, USB-C on the right side.
The 7th and 8th gen iPads have Apple Lightnng connector ports.
The Apple power/charging adapter blocks that ship with these models are 18W or 20W USB-C power/charging adapter blocks.
The Apple supplied power/charging cable is a Lightning to USB-C cable.
The smaller USB-C end plugs into USB-C adapter.
Thanks for that great visual. The first iPad is a 7th generation with a USB-C. The current one is an 8th generation, and we received the USB Micro cable. I wonder if that is an incorrect charger for the device. At least now I know there are a variety of shapes and sizes, which I was not aware of. Thanks again.
And then to further add to the mix, ThunderBolt 3, which shares the connector and cable with USB-C but is in fact, not USB-C when it comes to data transfer.
And norbel177, no iPad uses micro-USB. They either use lightening, or USB-C (thank goodness as micro-USB connectors are by far the flimsiest of them all).
That's a great pictorial image of all the types of USB connection types!
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MichelPM wrote:
That's a great pictorial image of all the types of USB connection types!
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Thanks
New iPad has a smaller end on cable
