Has nothing to do with  the lightening feature.  The iPhone 4 and its charger 
will have the same behaviour.  If the device is turned off and you plug in the  
charger, the iPhone 4 or 5 powers on automatically, at least in IOS 6.
On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:55 PM, Daniel Miller wrote:

> It probably has something to do with the all-digital nature of the lightning
> connector. Regardless of whether or not the USB part is plugged into
> anything, the cable still sends digital signals to the phone, causing it to
> power on if it wasn't.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Wendy Alling
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 5:33 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: An iPhone 5 question
> 
> Yes, that's exactly it.  The USB plug is not plugged into anything.  I
> wonder why the phone turns on that way? Truly strange.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> ,f3 ,daniel ,mill] <[email protected]>
> ,to3  <[email protected]>,
> Date: Saturday, Oct 6, 2012 01:56:19 PM
> Subject: RE: An iPhone 5 question
> 
>> 
>> 
>> So you're saying the actual USB plug is plugged into nothing, yet the 
>> phone still powers on? That's incredibly awkward.
>> 
>> Yet, I just tested it, and yes, that indeed happens.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>> Behalf Of Wendy Alling
>> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 4:53 PM
> @> ,to3 [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: An iPhone 5 question
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, this is when the phone is turned off completely and I'm only 
>> plugging in the connector into the phone and nothing on the other end.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> From: Daniel Miller <mailto:[email protected]>
>> 
>> To: [email protected]
>> 
>> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 4:39 PM
>> 
>> Subject: RE: An iPhone 5 question
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, it's normal. By turning on, do you mean from complete shutdown? 
>> If so, it happened with the 4 as well.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>> Behalf Of Wendy Alling
>> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 3:35 PM
> @> ,to3 [email protected]
>> Subject: An iPhone 5 question
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Whenever I plug the lightning connector into the port on the phone, 
>> the phone automatically turns on.  Is this normal?  This never 
>> happened with the 4.
>> 
>> Wendy
>> 
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