I wasn’t happy initially about having to get new cables for the iPhone 5. But you know what? The lightning plug is better. It also takes up less space inside the phone which leaves more room for other things.
And they do make a simple adapter so I can still plug the phone into a dock or older charging cable. I haven’t found it to be as big an issue that I originally thought.
Yes, the new cable is smaller and I like the way it can insert either direction.
BUT
the adapters you mentioned will not allow you to stream music through them, and you also can’t stream video through the lightning cable like you could the old ones.