Lightning cords for the upcoming iPhone could be sporting a reversible Type-A USB connector

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There isn’t a more annoying process than trying to insert a USB cable into a socket, figuring out it’s upside down, and flipping it over and over again until it fits. According to a new photo from professional leaker Sonny Dickson, Apple might be working on a solution for just this problem: A new reversible USB Type-A connector that works with standard USB ports found on almost every laptop and desktop computer.

No, the leaked picture has no relationship to the new USB spec published earlier this month describing reversible USB Type-C connectors. But the idea’s not totally out of left field: [company]Apple[/company] filed a (rather detailed) patent application for a “Reversible USB Connector” earlier this year that describes an invention that looks strikingly similar to the leaked photo from Dickson.

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The Dickson leak also backs…

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