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Apple Introduces New iPhone Dock With Lightning Connector for $39
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It's so funny hearing the cry-babies whine in every thread they visit, even when it has nothing at all to do with the topic at hand.
Fail.
I'm still rocking the "Belkin Charge + Sync Dock" at home and work. Works with 6+ just fine! Plus you don't have to give up a lightning cable as one is built into the dock. I also have their iPad one at home for the same purpose.
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My point is that too many people bitch and moan every time Apple abandons an aging technology or spec and embraces something new and forward looking. They were the first to abandon serial ports and floppy disks and they chose to create a superior design for their Lightning connectors rather than choosing the less capable, less convenient, but cheaper and more universally compatible micro-USB.
Microsoft, in contrast, built their empire in large part on trying to please everybody, creating a menagerie of poor to mediocre products meant to check off every box in a list of features requested by business partners and users.
The result is that Apple makes products that do a few things very well and delight their core customers, while Microsoft has historically made products that do a lot of things poorly in the hope of addressing the broadest possible market.
It's great that Apple has finally gotten the success and recognition they've deserved all along, but it's less gratifying when some of these late comers demand Apple abandon their principles and follow other companies' failed product strategies.
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Thanks for this. I just bought 3 from Amazon for $9.68 each (Amazon Warehouse Deals - Like New). One for me, one for the wife and one for my office.
The final product looks like a prototype.. Like we're too stupid to know what a usb port looks like we need an image of it above the port. ;p
Yeah, no. USB-C is a bigger port than Lightning. I suspect we'll see an upgrade to Lightning with the next iPhone, including a USB-C to Lightning cable, but the iPhone itself won't have a USB-C port.
If you have an Apple product that has turned yellow, it's either a product from 15 or 20 years ago or something that's been sitting in a home with a chain smoker. I have a drawer full of old Apple cables and accessories and none of them have turned yellow.
Worst. Design. Ever.
What has Jony Ive been smoking since Steve died?
That little connector might as well be the tip of a flathead screwdriver prying open my phone every time I put pressure on it.
What has Jony Ive been smoking since Steve died?
That little connector might as well be the tip of a flathead screwdriver prying open my phone every time I put pressure on it.
I think you answered your own question. Why would apple give something away when you're willing to pay them $40 for it?
Considering there are better docks already available (like the Belkin posted above) yet you're still willing to overpay for a sub par dock just because it's apple, can you really blame them for taking advantage of that? You're practically begging to be ripped off.
You'd think that if Apple were indeed selling accessories for $40 that cost them pennies to make, then others would be crawling over each other to sell competing versions. And yet most every third party accessory we see in the market is either a cheaply constructed piece of junk that's likely to catch on fire, or a semi-decently made facsimile that costs just as much as the original Apple-made accessory.
In this case "original apple-made" doesn't appear to be decently made at all. You say that like it automatically means a class above the rest
Awesome! I have SO missed using my 30-pin dock, especially places like on my night stand, where my phone could be in an upright position and also makes for a nice alarm clock. Will be getting one of these for sure.
Also, with that raised bump, that seems to indicate the connector is elevated... does this mean it will support iPhones with cases on them, like the Apple cases?
Also, with that raised bump, that seems to indicate the connector is elevated... does this mean it will support iPhones with cases on them, like the Apple cases?
I won't waste my time trying to change your mind but I gotta ask why you waste yours on an Apple forum when you clearly have little appreciation for Apple's value proposition.
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Provide a link to a $5 third party Lightning dock with the same quality and capabilities.
I find this pointless at this moment in time, it should have been released since the iPhone 5. Eventually, Apple will go with USB-C on all their mobile devices and eventually update their Macs with USB-C connectors. We'll all be using USB-C to USB-C cables for power and data.
This is just going to be outdated like firewire and the iPod 40-pins connector. It's probably released to make a few extra bucks before they do away with it and make a USB-C dock for the upcoming iDevice updates.
This is just going to be outdated like firewire and the iPod 40-pins connector. It's probably released to make a few extra bucks before they do away with it and make a USB-C dock for the upcoming iDevice updates.
Maybe but not necessarily. Yes it's strange that they waited this long. But this product does not seem like a huge investment, so even if they decided to switch it up to USB-C in the near future, the fact that there are so many lightning devices out there currently would have probably made this dock still worth it.
Not saying they will change it though.
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How much R&D could this have possibly costed? There's no new technology. It's a plastic slab with a lightning connector sticking out.
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