The iPhone 14 was the last Apple phone with a Lightning port and that's one of most significant differences between it and the iPhone 17, which has a USB-C port. Upgrading to the iPhone 17 means you won't have to rely on an outdated and limited-use charging cable anymore, and can instead use one that works with most of your other devices.

Apple's iPhone accounted for one in every four smartphones sold in China in October, with sales jumping 37% from a year earlier on strong demand for the iPhone 17 series, data from research firm Counterpoint showed on Tuesday.