If Apple actually releases any product that is more than worth it I feel bad for the shareholders
Hopefully these items can be posted through the door to hole adapter ('Letterbox'). The clever thing about Letterbox is that you can shove things through it in either orientation. More traditionally, Doorbell and Knocker can be used to gain the attention of the occupier of the delivery address, but Letterbox is a faster and more efficient delivery method.
.2 meter cable? Would it kill them to make it a whole 12"?
Absolutely no legitimate excuse why Apple didn't bundle one of these with the new iPhone. I'm going to cut my nose off to spite my face on this one, and use my old iPhone 4 docked at home and in car.
But then, hardly surprising given Apple continue to give the EU Commission the middle finger by charging the consumer an additional 20 for the Lightning-microUSB adapter that they are required by law to provide.
Then again, there are those of us who think it's absolutely ridiculous that a multi-national economic consortium (the EU Commission) is able to mandate the inclusion of a cable/adapter in a free market product...
1. a chip that translates what the 30-pin connector needs to what the 8-pin connector needs to do (note that the connector is adaptive, so that might not be a trivial task)
2. a few D/A converters (three I think, two for audio and one for video).
That is also why this seemingly huge adapter has been marketed as "small". There actually is some stuff going on in that little box, as the connectors are fundamentally different.
I just bought the 5. I didn't realize this. I'm Shocked others just don't care about this
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Pound my hole once shame on you, pound it twice shame on me
For al the price complainers
This adapter contains a chip... so the 30 dollars is more than worth it...
It's not just a simpel rewiring box.
This.
Whatever happened to letting the market decide? If people don't like the way Apple gouges us, they are free to use a competitors products.
The fact the EU is micro-managing businesses like this that are not monopolies is stunning.
They should either ship the iPhone 5 with an adapter or significantly lower the price.
.2 meter cable? Would it kill them to make it a whole 12"?
More impressed by the lightning to micro usb adapter. that thing is really great and useful.
So how are people planning on using the (non-cable) adapter with docks? Maybe I'm over-estimating the size, but it looks like it would raise the phone above most support backplates, no? I wouldn't really want my phone supported by nothing but the connector.
Or am I completely wrong about the fit in current docks?
Is there a micro USB lightning cable? I'm just not seeing it on the Apple Store. Link?
Then again, there are those of us who think it's absolutely ridiculous that a multi-national economic consortium (the EU Commission) is able to mandate the inclusion of a cable/adapter in a free market product...