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866 Engineer Brings Lightning Port to iPhone 17 Pro

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Hartley Charlton @ MacRumors · 04/01/2026 04:00 EDT

Engineer Brings Lightning Port to iPhone 17 Pro

The Swiss robotics engineer behind a commercial case that adds USB-C to Lightning iPhones has now built a reverse version: A case that adds a fully functional Lightning port to the iPhone 17 Pro.


Ken Pillonel describes the project as a tongue-in-cheek response to reader requests, and says he has no plans to sell it. "It's part hack, part mod, and one of the most cursed things I've ever built," he wrote in the video description, "Be careful what you wish for."

The build involved designing custom PCBs

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