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Another Image of New Lightning Cable with Reversible USB Connector Surfaces

Felling blue with just plain ol' micro USB?
Don't settle for practical!
Collect all 6 different cables for only $29.99 each, only at your Apple Store!!! :apple:

Also, I have been very fortunate all along with those difficult USB cables.
Sometimes they just won't go in, so far I have flipped them upside down and that always did the trick!
 
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Dilster3k said:
How embarrassing that Apple did this before USB will with Type C...:rolleyes:

P.S: Am I the only one who wonders how that cable will physically fit into ordinary USB slots on laptops, etc. ?
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It will work just fine. If you take a close look at your USB port, you will notice a plastic chip in the port. As long as the plastic chip fits in the USB cable it will work just like any other cable with the added benefit of bing reversible.
 
Just as long as the connector can be as durable as the current USB connector, I don't mind the design. But if it breaks a lot, no thank you!
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Speaking of the MFi spec, does this mean we'll get external portable headphone amplifiers that plug into the Lightning port that have iPhone-compatible in-line controls? That could make the iPhone capable of being a playback device for even big can headphones like the legendary AKG K 701? :)
 
Hustler1337 said:
If that's the case, Apple should have made the internals of the phone able to support faster data transfer speeds at least in line with that supported by USB 3.0. The I/O's there, but Apple hasn't been utilising it as fast as their competitors have.
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Storage technologies much faster than NAND flash aren’t expected to reach most smartphones and data centers for years, but preparations are already underway in order to make the most of them when they arrive.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/2461460/storage-maker-builds-fast-ssd-to-prepare-for-life-after-nand-flash.html
 
nnacrumors said:
This guy has a great explanation as to why Apple won't:
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I've got a better explanation. When you try to build 50 million devices in relative secrecy it's hard to source the same 50 million batteries at the cost you want, in the physical size you want and when you want them. That leaves Apple with a very small number of choices which, by the way, none of us know.
 
apple cables are a huge weak point in the brand, unreliable and flimsy.

I'm a bit worried looking at this connector that it'll only introduce more failure points on a part that should really be better for the price.

Lets hope the don't continue using these fraying cables.
 
AndyUnderscoreR said:
Which part of "it bends" are you having trouble understanding?
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Why try to be so smart? It makes you sound like a pratt.

USB connectors don't 'bend'. They also don't have a tapered part to make it 'bend' when inserting. There is also the fact that constant bending would make the part fail prematurely.
 
How does it work? I literally don't understand. :confused:
Isn't the white block bit inside the connector slightly thicker on one side?

or is the new reversible design with the connector in the middle
suppose to be flexible so it'll either bend slightly up or down to
make the connection?
 
alexgowers said:
apple cables are a huge weak point in the brand, unreliable and flimsy.

I'm a bit worried looking at this connector that it'll only introduce more failure points on a part that should really be better for the price.

Lets hope the don't continue using these fraying cables.
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I have no problem with Apple cables not sure how they are a weak point in the brand. Cables fray from miss use.
 
dilbert99 said:
Why try to be so smart?
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Well I would have used shorter words to make it clearer if I could, but I'm already using single syllable words. The problem is that I can't dumb it down to the level of someone who, after having this product explained to them several times, seeing a picture of it in the first post and being given two links on the first page to site where you can buy other reversible USB cables that work the same way still somehow stubbornly refuses to believe it exists.
 
dilbert99 said:
Why try to be so smart? It makes you sound like a pratt.

USB connectors don't 'bend'. They also don't have a tapered part to make it 'bend' when inserting. There is also the fact that constant bending would make the part fail prematurely.
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You keep saying "don't" as if someone who has billions of dollars worth of R&D to spend last year couldn't have invested in an alternate design structure for an existing plug standard.

They don't bend? The connectors required for this movement would be isolated to the new variation of connector, so how do YOU know it doesn't or does bend? Have you seen one? Do you think it's not possible to work changes into it? And how do YOU know if it bends, it doesn't bend to specific degree that would be probably be predetermined by the creator of such cable that they would anticipate the stress on the component and therefore plan ahead to prevent such failures...

Theres a lot of open ended assumptions here.
 
Sylonien said:
How does it work? I literally don't understand. :confused:
Isn't the white block bit inside the connector slightly thicker on one side?

or is the new reversible design with the connector in the middle
suppose to be flexible so it'll either bend slightly up or down to
make the connection?
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The new USB connector is most likely a slight bit taller with the actual connection moving to the middle there is enough room/play on the female end of the USB for it.
 
Mascots said:
You keep saying "don't" as if someone who has billions of dollars worth of R&D to spend last year couldn't have invested in an alternate design structure for an existing plug standard.

They don't bend? The connectors required for this movement would be isolated to the new variation of connector, so how do YOU know it doesn't or does bend? Have you seen one? Do you think it's not possible to work changes into it? And how do YOU know if it bends it bends to specific degree that would be predetermined by the creator of such cable that they wouldn't anticipate the stress on the component and therefore plan ahead to prevent such failures...

Theres a lot of open ended assumptions here.
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You are correct that there are a lot of open ended assumptions here.

You mention how do I know they don't bend, I don't just as you don't know they do.
 
They don't enough don't in the above discussion to don't make me understand what you don't just don't said.
In Short: don't
 
dilbert99 said:
You are correct that there are a lot of open ended assumptions here.

You mention how do I know they don't bend, I don't just as you don't know they do.
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You mean by the oodles of USB 2 cables that already exist on the Internet in this form?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00EIDU3YI?pc_redir=1405401447&robot_redir=1
 
AndyUnderscoreR said:
Well I would have used shorter words to make it clearer if I could, but I'm already using single syllable words. The problem is that I can't dumb it down to the level of someone who, after having this product explained to them several times, seeing a picture of it in the first post and being given two links on the first page to site where you can buy other reversible USB cables that work the same way still somehow stubbornly refuses to believe it exists.
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No one has explained it once to me apart from other chap who nicely suggested that the parts bending could make it reversible and that is plausible.

I did look at those links and I can see how they might work. They are symmetrical where the pins are equidistant from each end - i.e. the gap is the same top and bottom and hence can be reversed.

I see others in this thread questioning how they might work.

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Mascots said:
You mean by the oodles of USB 2 cables that already exist on the Internet in this form?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00EIDU3YI?pc_redir=1405401447&robot_redir=1
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I took a look at that one and the gaps top and bottom look the same size and I can see why they would be reversible.

The gaps in the plug in this news story look different sizes to me, perhaps it might just be the angle of the shot if they are truly supposed to be reversible?
 
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dilbert99 said:
No one has explained it once to me apart from other chap who nicely suggested that the parts bending could make it reversible and that is plausible.

I did look at those links and I can see how they might work. They are symmetrical where the pins are equidistant from each end - i.e. the gap is the same top and bottom and hence can be reversed.

I see others in this thread questioning how they might work.
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It's simple the female end of a USB port is oversized to begin with. The reversible USB is just a slight bit taller to be a more snug fit into the female end of all existing USB ports
 
dilbert99 said:
I took a look at that one and the gaps top and bottom look the same size and I can see why they would be reversible.

The gaps in the plug in this news story look different sizes to me, perhaps it might just be the angle of the shot if they are truly supposed to be reversible?
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Touché
I guess this is where we will see those millions of dollars of R&D in Apple variance.
 
dilbert99 said:
The gaps in the plug in this news story look different sizes to me, perhaps it might just be the angle of the shot if they are truly supposed to be reversible?
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Yeah, I think it's the angle of the photo here. It looked odd to me at first. It looked like it was a double height USB plug (suggesting it would only work in some new style of USB socket?)
 
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