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Apple Introduces New iPhone Dock With Lightning Connector for $39

jahsavi said:
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
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freediverx said:
I won't waste time trying to change your mind but I gotta ask why you waste your time on an Apple forum when you clearly have little appreciation for Apple's value proposition.
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Because I enjoy Apple products and have quite a few of them. I don't, however, lap up whatever they put in front of me. As a customer, I have a right to demand more for my money and I wish more would do the same. Apple doesn't operate at razor thin margins and has the flexibility to include the things that best suit its customers, if they would only demand it.
 
Wallabe said:
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This is just going to be outdated like firewire and the iPod 40-pins connector.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.
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I doubt we will see USB-C on an iPhone anytime soon.

The Lightning cable is smaller than the USB-C and can do most of what USB-C does.
 
Shame it doesn't even meet Apples own MFi standards that state a dock must have a back support that meet certain criteria.
 
$39 for that? Jesus!
That's almost $80 in total because you'll need a cable and a charger too.
 
AleXXXa said:
$39 for that? Jesus!
That's almost $80 in total because you'll need a cable and a charger too.
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Exactly. It's pretty obvious that you'll tie up your charger and cable for the dock so what do you carry with you when on the go? They should be included as a kit.
 
freediverx said:
I won't waste time trying to change your mind but I gotta ask why you waste your time on an Apple forum when you clearly have little appreciation for Apple's value proposition.
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I'm going to tell you something that may, in your eyes sound blasphemous... You don't need to be a sheep to own and appreciate Apple products. As someone who doesn't allow apple to do my thinking for me, I can easily say that I love my iPhone and wouldn't trade it for any other phone on the market... I can also say that this dock is a joke both in terms of design and pricing.
 
2IS said:
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.
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The Belkin dock costs as much as the Apple and it looks more like something from Hewlett Packard, complete with the faux, "painted aluminum finish".

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You don't see any Belkin products featured in modern art museums.
 
2IS said:
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
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Show me a better designed and constructed version for less money.
 
freediverx said:
The Belkin dock costs as much as the Apple and it looks more like something from Hewlett Packard, complete with the faux, "painted aluminum finish".


You don't see any Belkin products featured in modern art museums.
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Huh? The Belkin dock is less than half the price of the Apple one... Looks pretty good, too.
 
Finally

I sent feedback to Apple months ago asking for the return of the dock and I'm so very glad they finally released it. Just ordered two.

And like some others here, I am curious if something like the iPad Air 2 could also be docked on this...In any case, i think I'll also submit feedback to Apple for a new iPad Air dock as well :cool:
 
The clean, minimalist design speaks to me. It says "Up yours" and "Dumbest money you've spent since buying that iPad dock".
 
2IS said:
I can also say that this dock is a joke both in terms of design and pricing.
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Hmmm, I wonder who has more credibility when it comes to product design and pricing?

Apple, who have won numerous design awards, are featured in modern art museums, are praised by renowned industrial designers like Dieter Rams, and are the largest and most profitable tech company on the planet?

Or you?

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Originally Posted by freediverx View Post
Provide a link to a $5 third party Lightning dock with the same quality and capabilities.
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Ed217 said:
Amazon and EBay are your friends here to name 2 sources.
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I bolded the relevant words for your convenience.
 
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freediverx said:
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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Microsoft build their empire on software that ran on cheap 3rd party machines . I believe your gripe here is with companies such as Dell and HP etc. Apple is a hardware company, and they always got recognition for making some of the best devices . Take the PowerBooks which become MacBook pros, machines that combined great power with interfaces. Sadly along the way the pro in MacBook became a brand name, it used to stand for devices that had power and multiple ports.
 
freediverx said:
Apple, who have won numerous design awards, are featured in modern art museums, are praised by renowned industrial designers like Dieter Rams, and are the largest and most profitable tech company on the planet?
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How's that kool-aid taste?

They haven't been winning those awards lately. Something has happened at Apple since Steve died. Quality has been slipping. UI features haven't been thought through as well. And hardware issues like this pop up – or in this case pop off. Sure, I remember the hockey-puck mouse, not every Apple design is a winner, but they used to learn from their mistakes. With this dock, it just seems like a first-year engineering student would be able to see the weakness in the structure. Something ain't right in Cupertino.
 
freediverx said:
You don't see any Belkin products featured in modern art museums.
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And where do you see Apple products ? In the reception ? What modern art museum has an apple product on display? A credible art museum that is, not someone's Mac collection.
 
freediverx said:
You're confusing Apple with Samsung.

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An interesting side effect of Apple's growing popularity is that their products are now owned by many who don't understand or appreciate the design philosophy that made them successful. If you think Apple omitted a 30 pin connector because it would hurt their bottom line, you have little understanding of the company and its products.
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Nice way to passive aggressively suggest that you know more about Apple than I do simply because I observed that they could truly be more "green" by allowing cables that already exist to be utilized in some way.

You may have missed that the entire post was sarcastic. Also, it's unwise to assume you know better than someone else, and that enhancing your position by standing on theirs is a good call.
 
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