What's there to hate?

If you have a grudge against north korea I would understand it, but the EU, what have they done against you? Your country benefits from it, just like every other nation in it.
Yeez... Really?
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I hate to go off topic, but you really have no clue...
The UK public does not benefit from the EU. Instead we pay £150 million a week for some rich Belgian guy to introduce stupid laws which are completely unsuitable for being used across such a vast number of countries due to different ways of life. If you can list me three actual benefits to the average Joe then please feel free. I have yet to find a single one.
It doesn't exactly help matters that the UK is hated by most of the countries in the EU either...
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Back on topic:
Seriously do people read anymore????
As I have already posted twice in this thread, NO Apple is NOT required to have a miniUSB port on the iPhone or any mobile device that it makes. 1) The EU charger standard only applies for mobile phones. 2) manufacturers are permitted to supply a miniUSB adapter with the device instead of having a miniUSB port directly on the device.
-Don
I still say this is a microUSB port. As I pointed out in my first post (you quoted me before I was finished),
I am fully aware that the EU is allowing an adaptor to ship with it...but I cant see Apple doing that - its cheap, ugly and defies the point of the whole thing.
Either way, Apple MUST either:
1) Stick a microUSB port on the iPhone
2) Provide an Adaptor with the iPhone
So, lets address both options:
OPTION 1
If Apple place the microUSB port directly onto the iPhone, it would make complete sense to carry this across to other iDevices. It'll keep the consistency that we all know Apple loves, and it'll make it much easier to hook up to iPads. Future proofing its connectivity if you will.
It would also allow them to get the shuffle (and maybe even the nano) even smaller due to the smaller connectivity port. Heck, they could even drop the headphone socket in favour of a USB based one - it was a bit impractical to do so with the big dock connector, but microUSB would be ideal for this.
OPTION 2
If Apple were to include a small adaptor of sorts it would obviously be the quicker and cheaper option...explain to me when Apple has ever been about taking quick cheap options over reengineering a product to get it just right?
In addition, it would mean that for every iPhone forever more, they will have to include this stupid little plastic thing...something nobody wants.