You mean Intel's invention Apple's money.Their invention? Their way.
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You mean Intel's invention Apple's money.Their invention? Their way.
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Apple wants to ensure that users have the best experience possible by only allowing approved third-party accessories to be used with new iOS devices.
You expect anything different on MR?I'm with Apple all the way on this one. The lightning cable is s auperb bit of engineering and with something as lithe as an ipod touch 5G it required a plug of this sophistication to be invented.
And by golly that's what Apple did and it is not an area that users would want to try and haggle over a few dollars. Besides that, they are allowing authorised people to make them cheaper anyway.
To complain about this is churlish in the extreme. And also a bit sad.
Apple wants to charge top dollar for these cables and squeeze out the third parties ability to sell them.
You mean Intel's invention Apple's money.
iPhone accessories are a multi-million dollar business and Apple wants to ensure that users have the best experience possible by only allowing approved third-party accessories to be used with new iOS devices. This strategy has the side-effect of making accessories more expensive because companies are required to pay a licensing fee to Apple to be part of the MFi program.
Apple wants to ensure that users have the best experience possible by only allowing approved third-party accessories to be used with new iOS devices.
READ: We want you to pay us to sell your cables. We want our freaking 30% TAX like on everything else we allow 3rd parties to participate in because having $137 BILLION dollars in cold hard cash just isn't enough baby!
Sadly, for the CONSUMER, this does NOT mean anything helpful despite their LIES. It ONLY means SKY HIGH PRICES.
Greedy buggers....
"iPhone accessories are a multi-million dollar business and Apple wants to ensure that users have the best experience possible by only allowing approved third-party accessories to be used with new iOS devices."
Somehow the phrase before the conjunction makes more sense than the one after.
It's almost as if the Tea Party has made the MacRumors forums their home. Seriously, Apple has NOT stopped anyone from making these cables and you can easily pick them up from a generic manufacturer for $5. If you don't trust Chinese companies then you can go to Monoprice and pick one up for $11. Stop sounding crazy; I promise the world won't end because there's a new chip in the sync cables.....
I'm with Apple all the way on this one.
To complain about this is churlish in the extreme. And also a bit sad.
For 99% of people, all they want is to charge their device and sync a few songs onto it every once in a while. What's the big deal??
It's like forcing everyone to buy a car when all they need is a bike.
Apple wants to charge top dollar for these cables and squeeze out the third parties ability to sell them.
Why should companies have to license from Apple to begin with, these things should be open to all developers. Apple wants people to pay top dollar from them not 3rd party manufacturers. This is Apples new marketing plan. Why else did they invent lightening cables to begin with, micro usb would do the same thing for cheaper.Since it was previously reported by some component manufacturers that Apple is in fact charging them costs/chip that is very very near zero margin for lightning chips, how does that jive with your theory?
I think it's more so that they want to make sure only quality components come out.
Amazon has to license from Apple, they are not just making cables on their own. What do you think these cables are, they are not industry standard like USB, they are Apple making money.Obviously not true seeing as they aren't stopping Chinese manufacturers from making cheap clones nor are they stopping Amazon from making their version of the cable.
You're talking about Thunderbolt (formerly Light Peak) which is in computers. Jesus, some people just shouldn't be allowed to comment or have an actual opinion.
micro usb would do the same thing for cheaper.
Explain why micro usb is so bad? Because Apple didn't invent it?"iPhone accessories are a multi-million dollar business and Apple wants to ensure that users have the best experience possible by only allowing approved third-party accessories to be used with new iOS devices."
OK, but why doesn't Apple just have some kind of seal of certification on Apple-approved devices? This is just annoying.
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No, it absolutely would not.
Apple also likes to deny companies too. FiiO, a Chinese based DAC/Amp/PMP manufacturer has requested MFi certification and been denied.
Explain why micro usb is so bad? Because Apple didn't invent it?
The ONLY reason Apple created a new connector is to make money, nothing else.
All things that are useless for what most people use the cable for, charging their phone.1. Lightning has capabilities beyond Micro USB, and so does the older Dock Connector. Lightning has capabilities beyond the older Dock Connector, but they haven't been used yet. For example, both dedicate a pin to video (well, Lightning does temporarily).
2. Micro USB is much more annoying to plug in than Lightning, which is not picky about which way you plug it in.
3. Lightning just looks sleeker.
4. Lightning is supposedly faster, but I don't have much info on that.
All things that are useless for what most people use the cable for, charging their phone.