It is too soon to be swapping to TB right now. If Apple really wants to piss off the customers that don't feel the need to buy new tech once or twice a year then sure, do it. Otherwise, they need to sit tight with USB for now.
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Alleged Photo of USB Cable with Smaller Dock Connector Surfaces
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It is too soon to be swapping to TB right now. If Apple really wants to piss off the customers that don't feel the need to buy new tech once or twice a year then sure, do it. Otherwise, they need to sit tight with USB for now.
The benefit (for me at least) would be getting rid of a deep socket which fills with fluff/dust/grit which damage the connectors or prevent the plug from fitting correctly.
USB has 4 pins. Power ground data in data out. Dock connector has 30 pins with features both android and web os don't have which is why iPod/iPhone have the largest accessory market on the planet.
If you've used any other device aside from an iToy you'd know that having that many pins is pretty pointless for most every day use aside from display, and even then, it'd only really be useful for professionals.
Its unnecessarily big. And with USB 3, Apple agrees. Stop trying to defend legacy. Unless you want Apple to put a floppy drive in your air.
Yes which is the reason for the redesign. Get rid of the legacy iPod photo and firewire pins but retain the pins that matter. Which is why we are getting a new dock connector instead of just going straight usb.
lol yeah, it pisses me off when I am behind my fire breathing imac trying to plug that cable in.
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BMW, for example, offers cradles / cables for integration with BMW apps. You still want to be able to charge your phone, no? I personally use Bluetooth for calls in the car and seldom charge my iPhone in there, but I'm sure many people do and I could imagine them being very upset if their 2013 car suddenly can't handle this simple task anymore, because Apple changed the dock connector. Cradles will be rendered useless with a new form factor anyways, in most cases, and people usually don't buy cars for the compatibility with their phones, so it's not such a big deal, but an annoyance.
Like I said, integrated cables were a mistake.
BMW could have provided a USB port rather than integrated cables.
Cables break. Cables can become outdated (as we're now seeing).
But a USB port is standard and future-proof (for the immediate future anyway) and would still allow for all of the app integration and charging capabilities.
No matter the device or the dock connector, the other end of the docking cable is going to remain USB for years to come.
Is the current connector the only one that the iphones always had and is the ipad the only other device that uses it, too?
Been too long since last worth while upgrade
After the disappointment of the iPhone 4s I can't wait for the new iPhone 5 to be released I have waited more than two years for this moment and the new charging connector don't bother me one bit change is a good thing in my book
After the disappointment of the iPhone 4s I can't wait for the new iPhone 5 to be released I have waited more than two years for this moment and the new charging connector don't bother me one bit change is a good thing in my bookBMW uses USB ports for integration, not "integrated cables", I think you misread my post. I guess with a new dock connector they might just have to come up with a new y-cable actually, didn't think about that before.
P.S.: I have never seen or even heard of "integrated cables", which car model ever had that? I might be wrong, but I think those cables aren't "yesteryear" as you said, I believe/hope they never existed. But I'm sure you can tell me what you had in mind.
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Thats why microusb can also support MHL and other things. Many phones have more than just usb functionality in their microusb ports.