Physically speaking it appears to be an eight-pin connector as the top and bottom are cross-connected. However as the pins are 'Dynamically Assignable", the number of virtual pins is only limited by the chip inside the connectors.
So get your credit card ready to pay $30 for each cable instead of $0.99 for USB.
Nearly every software/hardware engineer can do this. This is standard. Students do that in their free time. Oh yeah, it comes from Apple so it must be complicated, and the average customer thinks complicated = good.
I think the problem with the iPhone 5 is that it doesn't feel like a stellar leap. The biggest changes are on the inside and this isn't really that tangible to your average consumer.
I guess we people are kinda superficial in that aspect. Everyone goes crazy over a larger screen, but doesn't care two hoots about advancements in specs which impact just about every function of your phone.
I think that is the one thing Samsung did right - they sure know how to read their customers correctly.![]()
At least 5 million average consumers disagree with you.
It's weird though...
The iPhone 4S looked EXACTLY like the iPhone 4... yet it sold more than the iPhone 4
Now here we are... with a bigger screen and things like LTE and incredible performance... and people think the iPhone 5 is a "meh" upgrade.
I'll never understand some people![]()
This connector is a solution looking for a problem.
You're looking at the iPhone 4S through the haze of time. People were complaining about it then, but you've had a year to form your impressions.
The iPhone 5 will sell more than the iPhone 4S did.
Macsheeps upgrade irregardless what Apple churns out every year so what's your point?
Because they wanted the patent? They have a patent for round corners (iPad; Apple-Samsung lawsuit), why not for this nonsense?
Because it is superfluous, incompatible, non-EU, non-World-standard nonsense. They want a closed systems like iTunes, App Store and the Retina MBP.
A personal attack on some person is not an argument. You should know that.
Notably, the Soviet space program had significant problems with the loose graphite shorting out switches and other circuits while in orbit.
Where did you get the idea that Apple has a patent for "round corners"? Apple has patents, but none that would prevent you from putting round corners on a refrigerator.Because they wanted the patent? They have a patent for round corners (iPad; Apple-Samsung lawsuit), why not for this nonsense?
Yes - let's please bring in something completely off-topic into the conversation just to get some "likes."
FYI - the story you linked to isn't the latest on the vulnerability. A quick google search turned this up. http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ng-exploit-it-was-already-fixed-in-an-update/
That adapter is great if you want to hook your smartphone to your TV.
But where are all the MHL speaker docks? Or other accessories?
With a million Android phones being sold every day... you'd think the speaker manufacturers would be all over that!
I can barely find any Android-compatible speaker docks with a MicroUSB connection... and the ones that do exist rely on Bluetooth or a plain ol' AUX cable for audio.
An AUX cable!
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Macsheeps upgrade irregardless what Apple churns out every year so what's your point?
Good point, but I don't remember the last time I hooked up a phone to a TV. Actually I do....never. Is it common place?
This seems horribly overcomplicated. No wonder the cables are $29 now