Lightning was rushed ...

Is this a joke?

 

thread worthy

 

It's inconvenient for you, but not rushed. It was required to make the phone thinner, personally i like it. Yes it has its downside, but they are temporary.

You can't expect apple to solely base it products, and in this case keep an outdated design, for third party compatibility. These products are built to work with the iPhone, the iPhone is not built to work with them. That's just how the industry works.

The lightning is superior in everyway, minus third party support... And that will change.

 

Yes, it would have been better if adapters were widely available at launch. Yes, Apple took a gamble by making this switch.

And we have a choice. We don't have to buy the new stuff. I think most people who have bought the new stuff understand there will be a transition period. I'm impressed with the physical design of the connector, and I'm very impressed with what I know of its technical features. I'm inconvenienced by the lack of widespread availability of accessories and adapters, but that will come, and in the meantime I'm enjoying my iPhone 5.

 

Sounds like your purchase of the iPhone 5 was rushed and you need to practice better purchasing judgement if being an early adopter is such a stress for you.

 

I love the Lightning connector. I would take it over the 30-pin any day, no matter how long I need to wait for an adapter or a third party offering. I LOVE IT!!!!!

 

But that wouldn't make them the first person on the block to have the new iPhone.

 

Sorry, but the thinner excuse does not fly. Several iPod Nano models were thinner than the iPhone 5, yet used the 30 pin connector.

Apple did have a good reason; the Lightning connector takes up less space inside the phone. But it had nothing to do with making it thinner. Check out the first generation iPod Nano and notice how thin it is; it's actually the same thickness as the 30 pin dock plug's housing!

 

Sadly, the world offers no apologies for your predicament.

I trust that you eventually manage to find your way to a happier place.

 

As far as how new your stuff is - there would always be someone buying a new "X" that was made outdated due to the switch. I'm hoping the adapter works nice with my logitech speakers (great for when I have to open the store during the "not open yet" time )

 

I agree that it was a botched launch, not because of the lack of speaker docks or accessories but due to the lack of adapters.

 

Read this article and you'll understand that it's a connector designed for the future. It is the future applications that the 30-pin can't provide...

The cable includes microchips. Incorporating chips into a cable takes much planning. I don't understand how that can be considered "rushed".

 

ME TOO!! It feels so much more secure. The 30 pin could easily fall out or bend when plugged in and this one feels really snug. They had not updated it in years and they definitely needed to.

 

When Sony comes out with an updated $80 cheap-ass car stereo with iPod connection, I'll upgrade.

Compare this to the $55 shipped price of the Lightning adapter cable.

In the meantime, headphone jack to aux in and a car mount to control the music is nice, as well. I assume that this costs me <$10.

 

You should have waited then. There was tons of information on this. You dropped the ball, deal with it. Ignorance of the obvious is no excuse for your complaining.

 

No one forced the OP to buy the iPhone 5. Return it.

 

Inconvenient for everyone...and not required to make the phone thinner.

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How many times has apple designed for the future and then flopped (Thunderbolt, Firewire).

I get that this cable will likely be better but Apple's basic FU to customers is not an acceptable approach.

Its like stopping smoking cold turkey. Rarely works and not a good approach.

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What?

Never had one bend or fall out. Stop buying cheapo cables.

 

FireWire was sufficient for 10 years (and FW3200 would've been sufficient even longer), which is an eternity. One SSD however is faster than even FW3200.
eSATA is too bulky and not multi-purpose, hence Thunderbolt. It's not like USB 3.0 is on par with 6GBit/s SSDs, either.

The point here is that we will certainly see the Lightning to Thunderbolt cable, when any device has flash chips inside that are faster than USB 2.0, which shouldn't take that long actually.

If you remember, Thunderbolt (and Lightning) can actually use optical cables, and Thunderbolt is kinda line external PCIe, so that should make it both futureproof, unless somebody comes up with something better than PCIe.

 

Exactly. You vote with your dollars. By buying the iPhone 5 you are indirectly telling Apple that you support the lightning connector.

Return your iPhone 5 and you'll be voting for the 30-pin connector.

 

If you don't like it don't upgrade to the iPhone 5. No one is forcing you to move to the lightning adapter.

 

Exactly. I personally chose not to supprt the iPhone 4's antenna design, but I did support the 4S' antenna.