The setup is very common in business and personal use. The VGA splitter cable makes the connection seamless without hogging all of your output ports. You can actually run separate cables off many ...

You can connect your iPhone to a TV using an AV cable ... a Lightning to VGA Adapter. Once you have an adapter, here's what to do: Connect the adapter to an HDMI (or VGA) cable.

An Apple spokesperson told The Verge that Lightning to HDMI and Lightning to VGA cables “will be available ... screen with a new Lightning video cable once they arrive, but you’ll need one ...

Since computer monitors don't usually have speakers, this isn't an issue. The old-school VGA connector is a cable of last resort. It's not too common anymore, and hardly ever found on TVs.