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Apple's Smaller iOS Device Dock Connector Said to Include 19 Pins
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Guess I won't update this year. I've invested too much in accessories over the years. I updated my iPhone yearly in the past. I love the speed, size and style of my 4S so I'll just hold onto it for a few years. Adapters won't be a solution for some of my accessories.
Guess I won't update this year. I've invested too much in accessories over the years. I updated my iPhone yearly in the past. I love the speed, size and style of my 4S so I'll just hold onto it for a few years. Adapters won't be a solution for some of my accessories.
You know not of which you speak.
Go to any hardware store and pick up a mini mag flashlight. Aircraft grade anodized aluminum. Hard as nails. Beautiful and very scratch resistant.
Go on then, I'll give it a 1% possibility.
I would agree its unlikely, though not because of whatever is mainstream. Rather because Intel is currently the sole supplier of Thunderbolt controllers. In fact other companies would have to license it from them. And it's probably not in their best interests to support ARM-based devices.
With iOS 6, specifically turn-by-turn navigation on the new maps, the phone will need a much larger speaker.
To anyone that has a dedicated GPS, notice how loud they get. Those things need to speak loudly and clearly, something the current iPhone speaker just can't do. It'll have to speak over the air rushing by outside at 70 MPH. Something practical to think about.
To anyone that has a dedicated GPS, notice how loud they get. Those things need to speak loudly and clearly, something the current iPhone speaker just can't do. It'll have to speak over the air rushing by outside at 70 MPH. Something practical to think about.
The 30-pin design is no longer really needed:
1) Audio/Video out can now be handled by Airplay (and Apple can get royalties by licensing this standard instead of the 30 pin dock.)
2) Syncing can be done wirelessly now (WiFi, iCloud)
The port will still be needed for power/recharging, and the EU wants a standard connector like Micro-USB for just this purpose anyway. Also, USB 3 has just been released for Mac laptops, and already available on Windows machines, so if you still wanted to sync via cable, you'll have a faster USB 3 connection.
So, it's probably a micro-USB 3.0 port, but man, I'm going to hate upgrading the accessories I have based on the 30-pin design.
1) Audio/Video out can now be handled by Airplay (and Apple can get royalties by licensing this standard instead of the 30 pin dock.)
2) Syncing can be done wirelessly now (WiFi, iCloud)
The port will still be needed for power/recharging, and the EU wants a standard connector like Micro-USB for just this purpose anyway. Also, USB 3 has just been released for Mac laptops, and already available on Windows machines, so if you still wanted to sync via cable, you'll have a faster USB 3 connection.
So, it's probably a micro-USB 3.0 port, but man, I'm going to hate upgrading the accessories I have based on the 30-pin design.
The $100+ premium for adding a Thunderbolt port and the $50 cable does seem to be killing it at the moment.
Thanks for making me laugh! Had a ****** (just another word for bad, starting with s... but censored) start of day, but 'flippity flop move' is funny!
I don't think this move would be too popular with the masses. I presume Apple's re-using the two USB data pins as serial output, or maybe dropping video out altogether. Great if you've got everything attached to an AppleTV, not so great if you haven't.
Just because Johnny Ive has enough money to re-buy all his accessories (and car?) for a tweak saving 4-5mm, doesn't mean everyone else does too...
Just because Johnny Ive has enough money to re-buy all his accessories (and car?) for a tweak saving 4-5mm, doesn't mean everyone else does too...
Very Anodizing put a very thin very hard surface to the aluminium.
It does not make it strong.
Try googling for Dented Macbook.
It's great for absorbing and deforming, not much good at standing up to a hard knock and/or springing back like high tech plastics can.
Ooops, sorry, I remember, ANY plastic is not cool, hip and trendy when it comes to Apple product, so it has to be considered rubbish.
Just as long as this new 19-pin connector is reasonably durable, I'll take it.
I've worked with a cellphone with a Micro USB connector (Samsung Gravity S) and gawd, that thing looks very fragile and I have to be quite careful connecting it to the charger.
I've worked with a cellphone with a Micro USB connector (Samsung Gravity S) and gawd, that thing looks very fragile and I have to be quite careful connecting it to the charger.
Yeah, well we work with high grade Titanium all day long, and it's easy enough to work with using the right tools, perhaps they could. who knows?
It's very tough and rigid and whilst it's a little heavier for the same sized block, as it could be much thinner if may even work out lighter also.
It would still be a pig to manufacture though.
Far better to mould something (even metal) into shape.
How many 30-pin cable do people already have? If you already have a car charger, do you need to be a whole new one? I think not.
I'm sure there will be a slew of 3rd party adapters. No need to be a new set of cables and chargers if you don't want to.
Good thing most Car head units have USB connections so if Apple changes their plus you just need the right lead to pug into the car, for music and charging.
I'm still on the fence, while I agree the current plug might be outdated, especially if they are only going to connect to USB it would be interesting if they could connect to Thunderbolt and use the old FW connections.
I'm still on the fence, while I agree the current plug might be outdated, especially if they are only going to connect to USB it would be interesting if they could connect to Thunderbolt and use the old FW connections.
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I was thinking just that, I am sure Apple (and third party vendors) are working on adaptors. This is too big of an opportunity to miss.
This report is suspect if for no other reason than the headphone jack being relocated to the bottom of the phone. First of all, it makes no sense to put the jack on the bottom, because then you couldn't dock the phone and run audio out at the same time, which is a common usage. Second, Apple has at this point designed more than two dozen iPods, five iPhones, and three iPads, and every single one of them has had the headphone jack on the top.
So now I'm going to have to have iPad cables and iPhone cables? Ugh. I know everyone is like "Change is inevitable!" and voting down people who say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But I really really hope this is all crazy talk and that they'll just stick with the normal dock connector.
It makes sense for it to be a micro USB 3.0 + extra proprietary stuff hybrid port.
If they were going to change it, now seems a logical time after having just added USB 3.0 to the latest MacBooks.
Also with the EU commitment to standardising chargers, and it would seem perverse to change the connector but still make it need an adapter for that.
And look at how Apple made a thing of having hybrid USB 2.0/3.0 ports on their new computers. They could do the same here.
If they were going to change it, now seems a logical time after having just added USB 3.0 to the latest MacBooks.
Also with the EU commitment to standardising chargers, and it would seem perverse to change the connector but still make it need an adapter for that.
And look at how Apple made a thing of having hybrid USB 2.0/3.0 ports on their new computers. They could do the same here.
I always put my phone in my pocket right side up whether in the back pocket of my jeans or my shirt pocket. So what's natural to one is unnatural to another. Moving the headphone jack will not change the way I use my phone.
Kinda agree, I tend to use ipad or iphone cable without even calculating, hopefully I didnt buy any accessory with this 30 pin connector. What puzzles me reading this news is not really about the latter but more about this stretched 4 inch display that looks ugly as hell. Could that really be next gen iphone ? :/
I can not believe I will have to use my 3GS one more year or switch brand ...