For the same reason apple dumped FireWire in favor of USB 2. Thunderbolt is still in its infancy USB 2/3 is more common among macs and pc's
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Alleged Photos of Apple's New Dock Connector
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For the same reason apple dumped FireWire in favor of USB 2. Thunderbolt is still in its infancy USB 2/3 is more common among macs and pc's
As long as parts are being made in a factory that they don't have 100% control over, things can and will leak.
I don't even think I have to hand you the solution.man, Apple parts are leaking left and right. what's up with that? I want to keep the element of the surprise!
Thunderbolt wouldn't be that good as the speed of syncing is limited by the read/write speed of the SSD used by Apple in the iOS devices
Oh, no question about it, but maybe Tim shouldn't open up his mouth and say Were going to double down on secrecy on products.
yeah but it seems a bit more leaks this time around. and more consistent leaks. but we will see if it is all for real.
That looks like an active cable. I hope that means thunderbolt compatible! It would help explain Apple's decision to include two TB ports on the MBP-R (not that I was ever complaining about it). One for chain-able devices that are always plugged in and one for portable devices.
looks pretty sturdy to me. The current dock connector isnt bad but this looks much more durable and unbreakable. micro usb is terrible between me and my gf we've broken like 3 juice pack airs. 1 came broken direct from mophie. the micro usb port is junk. maybe mophie will make a juice pack air with this same connector for charging....altho i doubt it im sure apple wont license it.
Very cute.
I know, right? Simply the most adorable little connector I've ever seen!
Even though it maybe doesn't look to be magsafe, just being reversible will make it a lot easier to insert.
8 gold pins + the outer metal surface will form a 9th ground pin. So it's a 9-pin connector.
doubling up on security is not necessarily, NO "LEAKS" AT ALL, maybe these leaks coming from Apple itself, Why not to give one of the unsuccessful iPhone models, and you can steer people any other direction.
This has been pointed out before, but just to be safe, there is no point in a MagSafe connector on a device like a mobile phone. The purpose of the MagSafe was to avoid tripping over the cable and pulling the large expensive device along for the ride to the ground. The reason it won't work is that mobile phones aren't heavy enough to disconnect if you trip over the cable (and the cables are shorter anyway).
There is also the concern of interrupted data transfers, but personally that seems like a ridiculous reason to me as my phone (or even my flash drives) don't go too crazy if I unplug them mid transfer.
So once they get the LCD and logic board, they can have the first iPhone 5. Sell it on ebay for $100,000.
