If the new iPhone is getting a smaller dock connector, could it be a thunderbolt connector? Or would that be overkill? Would certainly make updating the iPhone fast, right?
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iphone w thunderbolt?
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I'll pretty much guarantee that it will NOT be a thunderbolt connector for the following reasons:
- Only a minority of iPhone users actually have thunderbolt ports on their computers. Why include it when no one can use it?
- The thunderbolt circuitry would take up much more space in the phone than USB.
- Thunderbolt is much more expensive to implement than USB, and would add quite a bit to the cost of the phone.
- A thunderbolt cable costs $50. Do you think Apple is going to provide that for free with every iPhone? Do you think they'll sell iPhones without a sync cable?
