Slip the Lightning end of your old pre-iPhone 15 charging cable into this type of adapter and you can use it to charge an iPhone 15 or another low-charge USB-C device.

Lightning was 80 percent smaller than the comparatively huge 30-pin connector the iPhone had used before. That meant that Apple’s products — and the cables themselves — could look that much ...

Apple’s Lightning connector powers iPhones old and new — but the other end of this cable uses USB-C so it can actually connect to Apple’s other products. Photo: Mitchell Clark / The Verge ...

With Apple’s shift to USB-C ports on the iPhone 15 line comes a new $29 Lighting to USB-C adapter — but these cables are a better investment for anyone upgrading.