HAHAHA I just loled! You're joking right?! lol Who died and made you king?
Well, wasn't trying to be king, but if Apple keeps it up, they will make samsung king
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Alleged Photos of Apple's New Dock Connector
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Well, wasn't trying to be king, but if Apple keeps it up, they will make samsung king
I don't think Apple cares much about these leaks, or they know there's no way to keep a secret that thousands of people already know.
The "secrecy" they're protecting is what surrounds what they're working on next. That's a much easier task. Where are all the leaks about "Project X-22"? They've managed to keep that one under wraps.
How long has it been since we got a juicy Apple iTV rumor?
While you're yukking it up about these leaks of a product we all know is coming soon, Apple could secretly sneak up behind you and double down on the backside of your head with their next big thing. You'll never see it coming.
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Unless their new cables provide more functionality than the micro usb standard, or more convenience, such as being able to plug the cable in either way.
If these cables don't have features that make them superior to micro USB, then they should have gone with micro USB.
...but I'm expecting more.
Why would it have HDMI or any video out? You need to jailbreak your phone to have it do video out anyway.
As long as the new design brings some new features, I'll be ok with it. For example, I'd love to see thunderbolt support, and the magsafe idea tossed around by some intrigues me. But if this change is just for the sake of a new look, then I'm not going to be happy. I'm not thrilled about the prospect of all my accessories suddenly being incompatible with the new iPhone, but I'm hopeful that adapters will be available.
Why would it have HDMI or any video out? You need to jailbreak your phone to have it do video out anyway.
Little out of touch, are we? Video out has been supported a long time, and video mirroring is supported from the iPad or iPhone 4S via the HDMI adaptor, introduced last year, IIRC.
jW
So this site has a poor track record of leaks but we'll put their stuff on the front page cuz we know it will generate clicks.
Well it is called "MacRumours" do you really expect crack journalism here?
From the glance, it looks to be much more usable than micro USB to my eyes which can be pain in the neck to insert and always feel a bit fragile when inserted to a device.
After I saw the (supposedly) new pins, it just hit me that Apple had to put the audio output on the bottom if they wanted to provide a converter for the older 30 pin cables since this probably won't have analog audio output.
While there are only 8+1 pins on this alleged new dock connector, people are forgetting that the headphone jack has been moved to the bottom... next to the new dock connector. There's a reason for that: There are multiple additional data lanes in the headphone jack. Analogue video (VGA) in addition to separate L/R audio, mic input and playback/volume controls.
The 30 pins will all find new homes in this arrangement so any accessories needing those pins relocated to the headphone jack can have a dock that plugs in to both the new connector and the headphone jack at the bottom.
The 30 pins will all find new homes in this arrangement so any accessories needing those pins relocated to the headphone jack can have a dock that plugs in to both the new connector and the headphone jack at the bottom.
I must have read an incorrect rumor.
It reported that Apple locks the safe with _used_ Duct Tape
This could all be a fake. Maybe Tim Cook supplied these iPhone parts that aren't the real thing. I think this fall the whole world will be like
and android fanboys will come crying home to their mommies saying "Android is done ".
doubling up on security is not necessarily, NO "LEAKS" AT ALL, maybe these leaks coming from Apple itself, Why not to give one of the unsuccessful iPhone models, and you can steer people any other direction.
I bet if they were building their products in the US, there would be less leaks. I don't expect that to happen ever though. But it is a dream of mine...
A new iPhone is only happens but once a year, it is a special occasion.
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Tell that to the millions of developers and users. I laugh at that.This could all be a fake. Maybe Tim Cook supplied these iPhone parts that aren't the real thing. I think this fall the whole world will be like
Why would it have HDMI or any video out? You need to jailbreak your phone to have it do video out anyway.
You're kidding right? You can mirror an entire iPhone on a screen by buying some video out cables from Apple (HDMI)..No jailbreak required on my 4S
^^^ This.
Even if the plug is single sided but could go both ways then the socket is at least 17 pins with some sort of auto switching. They love magnets so they could have a small magnet in the tip have the port switch configuration before the pins make contact. or Multiple magnets like the Magnet Barcode patent app made public a week or so ago. different accessory types could have different magCodes.
They could make USB 3 cables single sided 9 pins and reserve the 8 "back" pins for device out function to accessories.
It will be interesting to see if Apple uses high speed flash storage in their new devices. Especially if they are Thunder Bolt compatible.
wouldn't that wear down over time? with the plastic near the metal pins like that? kinda like the nike fuelband?
Check again next week, they'll have something similar.
Ever looked at the top of the iPhone 4/4s?
No more or less than every other connector I've ever seen.
But "doubling up" is also used as slang, meaning doubling the number of sales or security personnel for some event, for instance. Which really sounds more appropriate to this quote. I'd say Tim isn't good at colloquialisms.
Jon Ive is still alive - he's the designer and not Steve or Tim. Also people keep forgetting that it has been said a million times that Steve left product lines worth 5+ years behind so this phone may as well be Steve's idea to begin with.
Surely it would make more sense for an 8 (or 9) pin connector to have 4 pins on either side, rather than having 16 pins all up?
There is something about this connector that just doesn't sit right with me. I'm not saying it's not what they will use, but if it is then I don't think it's the final version.
There is something about this connector that just doesn't sit right with me. I'm not saying it's not what they will use, but if it is then I don't think it's the final version.