I am making the switch from a old blackberry to the iphone 4. I was wondering whether it is worth it to buy a case that has a plug to protect the dock connector, or if they are really tough to mess up under normal use. (I plan to use the phone as an ipod while running as well) Any advice?
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How durable is the 30 pin dock connector?
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I told my self if the iPhone 5 don't come out in June ill get the iPhone 4. I found that the universal dock from apple seams to be the best one because most of the docks don't really think we are going to have a case on the phone to protect it.
I used a friends for about 3 weeks well he was out of town and when he took his back i just had to buy another one. Be sure its the universal one though the one that is just for iPhone only that apple sells just sucks of you do get a case.
I have also found that I will stick with the Apple products and not buy the third party items unless its sold in the apple store. The reason for this is some say messages that it wont charge after about 2 hours or some strange things. Stick with the apple universal and you will be 100% happier.
If the iPhone 5 comes out in fall i will give my 4 to my daughter and upgrade her from the 3gs so it was not a total waste of money.
The port itself is durable provided you do not jam in items that don't belong there. Besides having an iPhone 4, iPod Touch, I have many iPods including one from 2003 with Dock connector that still sees heavy use. The port on that works flawlessly for all cables I have, including a new Universal dock. To this day since 2003, I have yet to have a Dock port break on a device.
Just be sure to avoid having coins, or other items in your pocket that could possibly find themselves wedged in that port, or other places. Besides possibly scratching the phone, the port could potentially get damaged.
Just be sure to avoid having coins, or other items in your pocket that could possibly find themselves wedged in that port, or other places. Besides possibly scratching the phone, the port could potentially get damaged.
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I have 5 iPhone 2 iPods and 1 iPad all the same connecter and not one problem with the phone connecter. I do have some problems going though cables on my iPhone. I plug them in way to much in syncing and developing for the iPhone.
I cant wait until IOS5 where i wont need to plug that in all the time to sync witch will save me $5 each cable. I buy all my cables form
http://www.pchcables.com/info.html they work just like the apple ones but a lot cheaper.
Yeah its really durable. What I like about it is that, unlike USBs, you can kinda feel it click into place so you know that its connected
Yeah, I wouldn't worry about them at all.
In my family we've had 10 different dock-connector devices over the last 7 years. I've never had a problem with any of the dock ports.
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Very durable, can be susceptible to corrosion though due to so many exposed terminals.
Very durable, can be susceptible to corrosion though due to so many exposed terminals.
It's durable if u take care of it, but if u stick a key or coins in there.. I bound to break something.
I will have to agree with the others and have had multiple iPhones, iPads and iPods and NEVER had the connector go bad. That includes the female connector on the device AND the male connector on any of my chargers.
Only charger that went bad was a charger for my MacBook Pro. It was the old type and I took it in the Apple store and before I could tell them what was wrong, the Geek bagged up a new style charger and told me to have a great day!
Only charger that went bad was a charger for my MacBook Pro. It was the old type and I took it in the Apple store and before I could tell them what was wrong, the Geek bagged up a new style charger and told me to have a great day!
ive owned every iteration fo the iphone and ipods since the original clickwheel the 30 pin dock connector on all of them has always been strong its a snug fit so theres no flex or wear like you see with some mini and micro usb where they get loose after a while as long your not abusing the phone it will be fine!
if you do plan to abuse it i would go with the otterbox defender i use when at work and love it has saved my phone many times.
if you do plan to abuse it i would go with the otterbox defender i use when at work and love it has saved my phone many times.
