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This may have been mentioned but WTF if they move the headphone jack to the bottom!? This is a crap idea, and I hated it that way round on the older iPods.
Makes no sense - your hand has to go there so why would you want a 5mm prong sticking out?!
Makes no sense - your hand has to go there so why would you want a 5mm prong sticking out?!
(Its micro USB actually - although a lot of older phones used mini USB)
1. Because the dock connector carries audio and video signals as well as data and power, so micro USB won't cut it.
2. Because there were already huge numbers of accessories with the iPod connector, third party cables, chargers etc. OK that argument is weakened if they are really going to change the connector, but sofar that is just a rumour and anyway it doesn't alter (1)
3. Because (typically) the EC's heart is in the right place, but the reality is a stupid solution, which legitimizes adaptors with captive micro USB cables that will go down the drain when manufacturers start making phones or other devices that are too small to house a micro-USB or (more likely) too small to house the fugly double connector needed to provide a microUSB socket alongside the extra pins needed for USB 3.
Apple already has a better universal AC adapter solution for iDevices, that meets the objectives of the EC scheme: put a full sized USB socket in the charger.
I already use my iPad adapter to charge my Kindle, my old miniUSB phone, my bluetooth keyboard, my wireless mouse... and even if the new iPhone did have a different connector I wouldn't need any more chargers - just the appropriate USB cable that I need to carry anyway to plug the phone into a laptop, my car, usb sockets at hotels... Third party adapters with USB sockets are widely available.
The problem that the EC set out to solve was that every mobile phone model (let alone make) came with its own unique AC brick that was expensive to replace and went on the landfill alongside the phone. Apple had already solved that problem.
Don't know why you got downvoted... it is true that the lens scratches SO EASILY on my iPhone 4 my camera takes blurry pictures now.
As nice as the iPhone looks without a case, get some kind of a case protection. Being the owner of a case-less iPhone 4 for 2 years I promise you accidents WILL happen.
Exactly what happened to me. 30$ fix at Apple Store since they change the entire back plate of glass. When I voiced my discontent, the genius' advice was to put a bumper on it and postulated dust particles on tables over time caused there to be an accumulation of microscratches until the plastic lens is so blurry to be useless.
I should add my back plate was immaculate and only the cheap lens was scratched.
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I trust ifixit and what they said in the Apple Store.
I still don't believe these leaks. The iPhone is their flagship product which is known to be super protected yet the leaks are flying out of the factories like it's nothing. Hm, strange thing that we never saw even one single credible leak about the Retina MacBook Pro design. I wonder why? Hey, i know, because these leaks are fabricated. You honestly think Apple would release the all new iPhone which pretty much looks completely the same as the two previous generations? Keep dreaming 
That would be the smartest thing to do, not in apples character to conform with other brands standards, they always have to think different. Doesn't every single other phone these days use micro USB ? I a ridiculous amount of cables and chargers that I never use because I already have them connected. My last 3 phones have all used the same cables and they are all different brands, and I think every household will have the cable incase you need to charge at someone else's place.
It's very likely that's where Apple have long wished they could put it (look at the iPod Touch) but didn't have room alongside the better quality mic, speaker and of course the 30-pin connector. With a new, smaller connector, they now have room on the bottom.
there is already a natural way in putting and removing phones from ones pocket?
what kind of flippity flop move do you do when you remove the phone from your pocket?
if im holding an iphone right side up it uses less of the cable length to have the headphone jack on the top (except if its bottom is aligned with ears). When i put the phone right side up in my pocket then the issue with cable length becomes more serious because in a loose pocket the iphone can rotate to the "natural pocket position" and the cable isnt really long enough.
I still don't believe these leaks. The iPhone is their flagship product which is known to be super protected yet the leaks are flying out of the factories like it's nothing. Hm, strange thing that we never saw even one single credible leak about the Retina MacBook Pro design. I wonder why? Hey, i know, because these leaks are fabricated. You honestly think Apple would release the all new iPhone which pretty much looks completely the same as the two previous generations? Keep dreaming
9to5mac came pretty darn close with the Retina MacBook Pro except they didn't nail the new vents and the hdmi port.
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If you are holding the phone the cable is long enough, and if it is in your pocket why do you need it right side up? Wrong side up is actaully faster to get it in position when you pull it out since no flipping is needed.
I still don't believe these leaks. The iPhone is their flagship product which is known to be super protected yet the leaks are flying out of the factories like it's nothing. Hm, strange thing that we never saw even one single credible leak about the Retina MacBook Pro design. I wonder why? Hey, i know, because these leaks are fabricated. You honestly think Apple would release the all new iPhone which pretty much looks completely the same as the two previous generations? Keep dreaming
Ummm we knew what the Retina Mac was gonna be despite it not being leaked. There were rumors months ago about how it was gonna be a thinner 15" with a Retina display.
iPhone leaks of physical hardware happen every year. We knew what the 3G was gonna be, the 4, the 4S and now the 6th Gen. We don't just have renders, we have physical genuine Apple iPhone bodies.
You've already seen what the next iPhone will look like, I don't know why you all are denying it. I don't know what you're expecting.....
What about the situations where your phone falls of a table for example and you catch it by the cord? MagSafe will fall off.
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Does microUSB have audio out? Video out?
So, you blindlessly believe an own-profit hardware part maker which displays its logo all over the place in their video that still hasn't been taken down yet?
Okay, i didn't know that. But we never saw a design did we? Then why does it seem so easy to have design leaks for the iphone?
What about anyone who has just bought or about to buy an expensive dock for their iPhone, the 100s of companies making docks and leads for the iPhone/iPod and iPad?
A cable adapter might work but if you have a dock then it's probably not going to work having you iPhone sitting up higher in the device then it was designed to. In some cases it probably won't fit.
I'll put it in steps for you:
Hold you phone to your ear the correct way up.
Now, without changing grip, put your hand straight into your pocket.
Which way up is it? Yep. Upside down.
My friend, you are the one performing a flippity flop move.
A new connector will give me another reason to look at alternative phones. If neither phone will dock with my current speakers then that frees me up to choose something new. Hopefully Apple will also come up with some useful innovations that will keep me with them.