[eldarerathis][1] is right. The iPhone 5 uses a lightning cable. ![enter image description here][2] Meanwhile, the Galaxy Nexus uses a micro USB cable. ![enter image description here][3] As you can see, they're quite different. [1]: http://android.stackexchange.com/users/981/eldarerathis [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/rdZIb.jpg [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/oPWFwm.jpg