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iPhone 5 Car Charger
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Not necessarily, iPhone 5 will still come with a Lightening to USB cable, so you can still use your existing charger if you have one of those with an USB port.
yeah, but i dont' want to have to continually bring that cable from home, car to the office. I suppose buying another usb to 9pin is another option.
You can buy another cable:http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD818ZM/A/lightning-to-usb-cable?fnode=45
Since it's USB to Lightning it should be compatible with all car chargers, and in car USB ports.
Since it's USB to Lightning it should be compatible with all car chargers, and in car USB ports.
It doesn't. Apple originally listed it as coming with it, but they stated it was a mistake. I grabbed 2 extra Lightning to USB for charging purposes.
It doesn't work with all cars, mine is a Hyundai and I get read error when I plug it in, the battery icon doesn't do anything. There are posts from other Hyundai owners saying the same thing.
I think it's too soon for car adapters. A lot of iphone accessory manufacturers made huge losses last year when people expected the iPhone 4S to have a tear-drop shape. This time around they have all waited to see what the iPhone 5 actually was before doing anything,
You may have to wait a while.
You may have to wait a while.
For now you're stuck using your USB-Lightning cable with an iPhone compatible car charger with USB outputs like the Scoche unit here:
http://www.scosche.com/consumer-tech/product/2318
I'm also looking for a one piece solution (like the PowerJolt SE I used for my iPhone 4), but have seen nothing like this announced yet.
http://www.scosche.com/consumer-tech/product/2318
I'm also looking for a one piece solution (like the PowerJolt SE I used for my iPhone 4), but have seen nothing like this announced yet.
buy something similar to THIS and use it along with an additional apple cable.
the beauty of this method is that anyone in the car with you with need to use a USB plug for power has the ability to use it (assuming they have whatever cable they need for use with their phone).
the beauty of this method is that anyone in the car with you with need to use a USB plug for power has the ability to use it (assuming they have whatever cable they need for use with their phone).
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Best bet would probably be to just use a Lightning-to-30 Pin adapter, that way you can use your old chargers.
Not good news. My sonata has been spotty with our iphone 4's already. Looks like its going to get worse for me. And considering Ill have to stream the music over bluetooth due to dock connector change, it will zap our batteries. Great
That was posted before the phone was released and there was speculation based on an Apple preorder "error".
I have one from Kensington, it works great.
Here's the link on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00A9SCKAQ/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&redirect=true&s=merchant&tag=7240411rg3405-20
Here's the link on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00A9SCKAQ/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&redirect=true&s=merchant&tag=7240411rg3405-20
Get the Belkin car charger with Lightning cable (or pre-order the new version if you have the patience) and call it a day.
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