Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has suggested that Apple has no plans to ditch the Lightning port on the iPhone in “the foreseeable future” and could move straight to a portless iPhone that relies exclusively on its MagSafe wireless charging standard instead.

Is iPhone 13 going to be Portless?

USB-C support

No portless iPhone and no iPhone 13 with a USB-C connection. Although the MacBooks, iPad Pro, and iPad Air feature a USB-C port, Apple is likely to stick around with Lightning for another year, as Ming-Chi Kuo reported.

Is Apple removing the charging port?

In 2020, Apple said removing the Lightning port from the iPhone would “create an unprecedented amount of electronic waste” when arguing against European Parliament deliberations on requiring a universal port across mobile devices.