topgunn
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Except that the read speeds the iPhone's NAND memory is capable of doesn't even saturate USB 2.0 and the write speeds are a fraction of the read speeds.
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Apple's Lightning Authentication Reportedly Cracked, Unauthorized Third-Party Cables Coming
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Except that the read speeds the iPhone's NAND memory is capable of doesn't even saturate USB 2.0 and the write speeds are a fraction of the read speeds.
Would you really like to carry around multiple cables for different functions? Or just ONE cable that did everything? Think about it, it is Apple after all. 😉
It's the first thing I thought - that the new dock connector just doesn't seem like it would support the phone securely at that angle without it putting too much stress on the connector. The depth of the docking area would have to be deeper in order to add more support to the back of the phone.
Apple forgot one accessory with the iPhone 5; lubrication. It's so sad to hear this crap that Apple is trying to pull. It should not cost $20 for a cable and $30 for adapters. I love the bidirectional nature of the plug but you should not have to get bent over for cables. Apple is the new Monster of cables.
jayducharme
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... except it's actually more expensive than Apple's cable (by 90 cents). I guess that extra change gets you pretty lights.
What we need is a cheaper Lightning-to-30-pin converter.
Steve would not have allowed this mess
Apple is behaving like a half a$$ed company.
Putting a new product on the market, in this case, the iPhone 5,
with a new connector that one can't get and new software capabilities (mapping) that don't work well- Siri still doesn't work well for me when I try to get it to text via my iPhone 4S and the video podcasts do not allow me to get all of the podcast on the phone's screen when I rotate the phone 90 degrees (put it on its side). Apple is becoming a place with "half-baked"/crappy products.
I am going to wait 'til a new product has been on the market for a generation or two before I spend my money on it. I have lost faith in Apple.🙁🙁🙁
Apple is behaving like a half a$$ed company.
Putting a new product on the market, in this case, the iPhone 5,
with a new connector that one can't get and new software capabilities (mapping) that don't work well- Siri still doesn't work well for me when I try to get it to text via my iPhone 4S and the video podcasts do not allow me to get all of the podcast on the phone's screen when I rotate the phone 90 degrees (put it on its side). Apple is becoming a place with "half-baked"/crappy products.
I am going to wait 'til a new product has been on the market for a generation or two before I spend my money on it. I have lost faith in Apple.🙁🙁🙁
Greedy Apple will no doubt put a stop to this. Expect more lawsuits against theses companies. Remember that Apple spent more on patents than innovation.
The port on the Lighting end of the cable seems fairly thick (Apple original that is). I don't see why it couldn't support the iPhone 5 phone. I even held it in my hand "Free air" style and just held the bottom of the plug (white area). Gave it a slight tilt, and it doesn't seem to be heavy enough to cause any stress to the port. Which could break it.
So, just a cheap test, seems like it would be an ok port to use for docking.
So, just a cheap test, seems like it would be an ok port to use for docking.
Because they're fake. Ebay's most likely protecting its users. Hopefully real knock offs will come soon, though.
ahhhh..the smell of the race to the bottom. Here we see people cheering as foreign nationals skirt international law, ignore trademarks and patents, build inferior parts that they admit "crack" encryption, and may well fry your phone. If companies like Apple can not protect their innovation from this type of theft( and that is what it is) maybe they will decide that investing millions of $$ and hiring lots of people to innovate is not worthwhile and they'll stop and let us make do with what we have now. Then everyone loses.
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How can there be "horrendous pricing" for a product that does not even exist?
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That's just for the chips they then have to build them into a cable package and deliver it, oh and pay for all the development and engineering that went into creating it in the first place. Still going to be a good markup but no where near 400%.
george-brooks
macrumors 6502a
Stop being dense. This new connector most likely had years of research behind it so obviously Steve knew about it. He died a year ago, it's not like things coming out now were thought of, planned, designed, and manufactured in 11 months.
Oh come on....Stop making so much sense🙂 and just so everyone knows : their cracked encryption cable violates the US DMCA law and will not be allowed importation into the US.
No, they are just a few bits of perspex glued together with the lightning cable pushed in through the bottom, not an actual dock, just a shop display stand.
D.T.
macrumors G4
The simple (and obvious) solution is for Apple to open the specs/licensing/components out to 3rd parties, not just "premium" partners, but anyone who's willing to pay a _reasonable_ amount.
As long as it's "certified", no worries, and we'll get the same low/moderate/high costs like any other peripheral. People who want to stay OEM can pay $20 for a cable, people who don't can pay $X.
As long as it's "certified", no worries, and we'll get the same low/moderate/high costs like any other peripheral. People who want to stay OEM can pay $20 for a cable, people who don't can pay $X.
you know what happens when you assume right? i didnt pay for ANY of the cables, they were compliments of apple.