The Apple device contains the socket, and the cable or docking station has the plug. In 2012, the original 30-pin analog+digital interface was replaced with the 8-pin all-digital Lightning connector.

The viral 3D printed iPhone dock by Scott Yu-Jan is now being made available for preorder by Overwerk, which has modified it to work with more phone models, both versions of Apple's MagSafe ...

A cradle with a vertical plug (Apple 8-pin Lightning or Apple 30-pin) onto which an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is docked to play music and/or to charge the unit. The dock is built into self ...