Apple Introduces New iPhone Dock With Lightning Connector for $39

[powers74]

What modern art museum has an apple product on display? A credible art museum that is, not someone's Mac collection.

Credible enough for you?

 

[xxnemoxx]

I'll stick to my $3 stand has been working great for months for my 6 +

 

[nStyle]

That means that the next iPhone gen (6S) will keep the same form factor

Not necessarily? Regardless, no "S" version has deviated from the predecessor's design.

 

[cyberhazy]

Finally lets me use my external headphone amplifier with one of the newer iPhones! (Works for iPads too?) Also, $39 is the cheapest option out there for an external digital-to-analog converter with a lightning connector. Kind of a big deal for fans of nice headphones.

But if all you want to do is charge your phone, get something else.

 

[bawbac]

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.

It's hysterical how some people just post statements that have nothing to do with the topic in hopes of getting noticed.

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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.

Late comers?
Is there an Apple charter one must belong to, to make remarks about Apple and their questionable business practices and choices?

It's thanks to those "later comers" that Apple is as successful as they are now.
If they anger the "later comers", you can bet Apple will see their revenue stream dwindle quickly.

 

[Thunderhawks]

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.

Yes, iMac G3 and G4 outer frames under plexiglas.
Especially under the plexiglas, in which the actual white part never got touched.

Same for the keyboards. Some keys remained white.
MacBooks, ipods all the same.

Nothing to do with smoking. (I don't)

Plenty of google posts about this at the time.
Say 2006 to 2009.

The chiclet keyboards seem to stay white.

Assuming technologies in plastics advanced since then.

Still not a fan of white

 

[69Mustang]

My word that is ugly.

You are spot on.

It's a media hub not a charge/sync dock. Hence the ports.

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.

Pretty observant of you to be able to discern a person's level of appreciation for Apple's value prop based on a criticism of a single product. All or nothin' amirite.

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

Are we?

 

[JPS127]

Credible enough for you?

And the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York also features Apple products.

 

[skinned66]

I cut the sides out of my iPhone5 dock and have used it for 4 months now. Perfect!

Damn...you can get a cheap rotary tool with bits for under $40 these days or a range of files for even less. Those rough edges would drive me crazy.

 

[cmichaelb]

It's a media hub not a charge/sync dock. Hence the ports.

Still, look at how the top meets the base, how the base meets the easel portion. It's pretty interesting to look how designers have wildly different takes on objects.

 

[Tech198]

"...making it compatible with both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and likely other iOS devices with Lightning connectors in the future."

Until Apple releases a incompatible one that is. They always do.

Just when u think this will be "the one" they change it... Apple make think this is going to be around for a long time, but USB-C will replace this.

(And i just bought the charging stand : http://store.apple.com/us/product/H...deluxe-charging-stand-for-iphoneipad?fnode=40 )

 

[Analog Kid]

Hm. That protruding connector is going make it fragile in a backpack or suitcase...

The long-anticipated Lightning dock arrives nearly three years after the Lightning connector made its debut on the iPhone 5 in September 2012, and succeeds the original 30-pin dock that Apple previously sold. Of course, given that Apple's official Lightning dock is long overdue, a number of accessory makers have already released third-party docks over the past several months and years.

I'm pretty sure that Apple has been shipping a lightning dock for years... I have a couple. This is the first that fits the iPhone6(+) though.

 

[ProwlingTiger]

"...making it compatible with both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and likely other iOS devices with Lightning connectors in the future."

Until Apple releases a incompatible one that is. They always do.

Just when u think this will be "the one" they change it... Apple make think this is going to be around for a long time, but USB-C will replace this.

(And i just bought the charging stand : http://store.apple.com/us/product/H...deluxe-charging-stand-for-iphoneipad?fnode=40 )

How long was the 30-pin connector around for? Let me answer that for you: since the original iPod. Apple didn't kill it after two years and they won't kill Lightning after 2 years. Quit complaining about something that isn't a problem. It's like complaining about no VGA port because we used it for 10 years and God know's we should keep it for another 10

 

[l00pback]

Exactly. If you're using a case, you're using your phone wrong (according to )

Except, well, Apple sells cases.

...and then there's this, from the product page:

Even when your iPhone is in an Apple-designed case, it’s easy to dock.

 

[MH01]

Credible enough for you?

Not really. In my opinion it's silly.

Mind you, my fault for asking, as you can find modern "art" museums for anything .

 

[Smileyboy]

Nice, 9 pages of people saying it will flip over..... Has anyone bought it yet?

 

[jamesjingyi]

£35 on the UK store

$39 = £35 :s

Got one anyway

VAT is a bitch my friend... And not converting $ to £ is common.. Too common

 

[BeSweeet]

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Problem #1: You're looking at Apple's website... Try Amazon.

 

[Tech198]

How long was the 30-pin connector around for? Let me answer that for you: since the original iPod. Apple didn't kill it after two years and they won't kill Lightning after 2 years. Quit complaining about something that isn't a problem. It's like complaining about no VGA port because we used it for 10 years and God know's we should keep it for another 10

so u'r basing this on what previously been done ?

 

[mungo2k]

keyboards are not the same as a solid piece of glossy protected plastic. I've never had a apple white item turn yellow.

What does that mean? Keyboards are lots of pieces of solid plastic. Also you may have forgotten the early eMacs. We had a ton of those with very yellowed fronts (along with their yellowed keyboards).

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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.

I saw this at the London Design Museum:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3025498/what-a-macbook-looks-like-on-the-assembly-line

 

[MrkJensen]

And the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York also features Apple products.

Guess they had to put something American in.....

 

[Mac-Mac-McAfee]

I've always hated these docks. They should honestly just come in the box with the phone. If Apple can ship me a useless headphone storage box, why not a dock??

I will probably still order one, but seriously!

Yep. If I remember correctly the first iPhone came with a dock also. Pretty soon they won't even come with headphones or a usb to lightning cable.

 

[ScottHammet]

Whaaat?

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The long-anticipated Lightning dock arrives nearly three years after the Lightning connector made its debut on the iPhone 5 in September 2012, and succeeds the original 30-pin dock that Apple previously sold. Of course, given that Apple's official Lightning dock is long overdue, a number of accessory makers have already released third-party docks over the past several months and years.

Article Link: Apple Introduces New iPhone Dock With Lightning Connector for $39

I've got a lightning doc that I bought at the same time as my 5s. The article makes it sound like Apple hasn't had one since inception, but it's been there at least 2 years, maybe longer (don't know if it was available for the 5 launch).

 

[bluespark]

People always ignore the great benefit of Apple's docks -- they include a line-level output. That port allows for a much higher quality connection to an audio system than simply using the device's headphone port.

 

[JPS127]

Guess they had to put something American in.....

Actually most everything in the museum is American.