This heroic YouTuber created the dual-port iPhone we didn’t know we wanted

There can be a striking gap between Apple’s conception of the ideal phone–one with as few ports and buttons as possible–and the one dreamed up by the company’s most imaginative fans. And the latest hack video illustrates the extremes to which DIYers are prepared to go in order to add hardware features that lie outside Apple’s minimalist design ethos. The Korean video, “iPhone USB-C TwinPort,” covers the creation of a dual-port iPhone 12 mini with both Lightning and USB-C.

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