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Alleged Photos of Apple's New Dock Connector

djdover said:
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.
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Then put the magsafe 2 connector on it- solved.

That is a POS on the MBA, disconnects looking at it.
 
kk1ro said:
So, can we expect a USB 3.0 connection or a Thunderbolt one?
I'd love to connect my iPhone 5 via Thunderbolt and have almost instant backups and syncs.
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Well if it is either, all of us with anything that isn't a brand new Mac are screwed. That would be really awesome of Apple (sarcasm) to be that bastards to even those who have a year old computer (or two in my computer's case).
 
Still think they would be better off with a microusb port on there. There's simply no need for the dock connector anymore. There's nothing specialist about the hardware that prevents every single peripheral from running on USB.
 
fazik93 said:
Why not just use Thunderbolt for everything now?
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Did you really even think that through? A great majority of Mac owners don't have a Thunderbolt port, they may have Display Port & most PC users don't have Thunderbolt ports either. This is a multi-platform device. You'd be limiting the device to a small subset of Mac owners, which is stupid. It makes the most sense for it to be USB 3 with USB 2 backwards compatibility.
 
prezasti said:
Just because the original intended use of the MagSafe cable was to avoid damage of the computer and cable if tripped over, doesn't mean it wouldn't make for a great phone cable that you barely have to line up to plug in or easy to disconnect when you are done charging or transferring data.
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Yeah, because plugging and unplugging a cable is so difficult. Thanks Apple.

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D-a-a-n said:
What's next, Tim's keynote getting leaked?
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It's already on youtube
 
rmwebs said:
Still think they would be better off with a microusb port on there. There's simply no need for the dock connector anymore. There's nothing specialist about the hardware that prevents every single peripheral from running on USB.
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Microusb only has 4 lanes and 2 are for charging, this one has 8 and you can bet there is a reason for it.
 
Tiny connection

Ok.... So what do I do with my Bose Dock now that the smaller port is all but confirmed, maybe relegate the 4S to be an iPod only device.

Wait, I could use one of those adapter cables people are talking about and have my phone lying on the table.... Yes that would work, the system would look like s##t tough.
 
Mr Staunton said:
Ok.... So what do I do with my Bose Dock now that the smaller port is all but confirmed, maybe relegate the 4S to be an iPod only device.

Wait, I could use one of those adapter cables people are talking about and have my phone lying on the table.... Yes that would work, the system would look like s##t tough.
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Apple is probably going to have a small 9 to 30 pin adapter that will take up next to no room, so I wouldn't worry to much about it.
 
Can someone explain to me why no micro usb? Just spite or is there some sort of real reason?
 
1=1? said:
Can someone explain to me why no micro usb? Just spite or is there some sort of real reason?
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Because MicroUSB has a limited number of pinouts.

Apple uses these "connectors" to act as independent channels for direct video out, audio out, device control, etc.

In the 30 pin, there were S-video, component, L&R discreet audio channels, firewire, etc. Each of which needed their own pins.

I am assuming the new connector will have HDMI out, L&R Audio and device control at least... lots of the old connectors are no longer needed.
 
1=1? said:
Can someone explain to me why no micro usb? Just spite or is there some sort of real reason?
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The EU mandated all phones sold there by X date must have a standard microUSB, but microUSB has only 4 lanes and no support for things like video out.

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AppleBruit said:
I always thought it would have 19 pins. I guess Apple wants to screw over legacy accessories manufacturers. I just made a podcast about this talking about how 8 or 9 pins does not work. I guess I was wrong.
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So you've been briefed on apple's accessories transition plan? Would you please like to share?

Oh...just speculating that a multi-billion dollar company who practically thrives on having amazing accessories by 3rd party vendors is just abandoning them with no plan moving forward. That makes sense.
 
NT1440 said:
The EU mandated all phones sold there by X date must have a standard microUSB, but microUSB has only 4 lanes and no support for things like video out.
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So why are apple breaking EU policy - surely they can make it microUSB compatible with their extra pins?
 
Wouldn't it be cool if it was magnetic and worked like the iPads smart cover: You just bring the phone close to a cable lying on your desk and, voila, the cable jumps into the phone by itself and starts charging. And how handy would that be in the car?

Also, the "MagSafe" element might not be meant to protect the phone, but rather the large iMac plugged into the other end. On a couple of occasions I've almost pulled my iMac off my desk via my iPad's/iPhone's USB cable with firmly attached iPhone/iPad.
 
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musio said:
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So why are apple breaking EU policy - surely they can make it microUSB compatible with their extra pins?
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I'm just assuming here, but I'm pretty sure the female part of the connector is going to accept microUSB for charging only purposes.

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Arran said:
Wouldn't it be cool if it was magnetic and worked like the iPads smart cover: You just bring the phone close to a cable lying on your desk and, voila, the cable jumps into the phone by itself and starts charging.

Also, the "MagSafe" element might not be meant to protect the phone, but rather the large iMac plugged into the other end. On a couple of occasions I've almost pulled my iMac off my desk via my iPad's/iPhone's USB cable with firmly attached iPhone/iPad.
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Next year's intel chips for the Air will support wireless charging of phones, so why bother? ;)
 
NT1440 said:
Microusb only has 4 lanes and 2 are for charging, this one has 8 and you can bet there is a reason for it.
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Yeah, the reason is that Apple wants you to pay for adapters and peripherals....:rolleyes:

My 4.7" Galaxy Nexus charges perfectly well with a micro-USB.

To boot, Apple is required to provide USB adapters in the EU for the iPad and the iPhone, so I don't see the great benefit to consumers from all these proprietary connectors.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
For the controlled leak conspiracy theorists, one thing that's missing in this seemingly steady stream of leaks is the "cease & desist" reaction from Apple. Recall in the past that when there were leaks that would actually turn out to be real, we would soon see legal action from Apple demanding the removal of photos, etc. Those cease & desist actions would show up here as rumor posts because they seemed to add to the validation that maybe those particular rumors were, in fact, valid.

No such actions this time. Does anyone who have been following pre-launch rumors the last few years NOT feel like there has been a relative tidal wave of leaks this go around? Yet how many notes of Apple Legal taking action this time? Has there been ONE cease & desist action for iPhone 5/6 leaks or photos?

We could foolishly believe that maybe all of Apple Legal is distracted with the Samsung trial, but I wonder if maybe there is something to the controlled leak conspiracy. Roll out leaks of plausible but seemingly undesirable choices and then surprise when the real phone is rolled out. Disinformation is a great way to distract the ever-hungry rumor mongers.

Maybe "doubling down" is a proactive disinformation approach. After all, if that is the case, every single future impending product rumor would certainly be seen as questionable under the banner of "remember the iPhone 5/6 tall but not wider, even thinner instead of more battery, magsafe, A5X instead of A6," blah blah blah. A good disinformation surprise would fuel rampant skepticism about every new product rumor for the next year or two. Hmmmm
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This could actually be. We know now through their litigation against samsung that they have tons of prototypes, so it certainly could be possible that they are leaking things that or old or didn't seem like they'd work and won't make it into the final product.
 
macUser2007 said:
Yeah, the reason is that Apple wants you to pay for adapters and peripherals....:rolleyes:

My 4.7" Galaxy Nexus charges perfectly well with a micro-USB.

To boot, Apple is required to provide USB adapters in the EU for the iPad and the iPhone, so I don't see the great benefit to consumers from all these proprietary connectors.
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Charges, whoop de doo. MicroUSB doesn't support things such as video out.
 
NT1440 said:
Charges, whoop de doo. MicroUSB doesn't support things such as video out.
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With AirPlay the video out option is ready to be removed. If you really need to do video out it can actually be done through the headphone port.
 
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