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Reuters Confirms a Smaller Dock Connector and Relocated Headphone Jack on Next iPhone
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I was about to write a post angrily blasting the bottom headphone jack. It feels wrong, stupid, everything. But moments before penning my diatribe, I read this post, hesitated and thought for a moment, and reached down into my pocket to see which way my phone was facing. Result: upside-down / head-first, Home button already in contact with the tip of my thumb. You're actually right, doggone it. There are surely some drawbacks to having the headphone port on the bottom, but it's far from a total loss or blunder from the user's perspective. With the port on the bottom and my headphones on, I wouldn't have to turn the phone over when removing or inserting it to/from my pocket.
Yes, let me find an article about it. There were also pictures posted in a different thread on this forum.
I remember that the main point behind that logic was that e.g. when you charge your phone it's better to have both cables coming out from the same side. Also, when you put your phone into your pocket, you usually put it "upside down" (i.e. the home button is at the top) so that when you reach for it you don't have to rotate it.
I'll try to find that article.
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There is no standard for wireless HDMI yet.why not go completely wireless?
wireless charge -etc and keep the legacy dock connector for others
I walk into a store to buy an iPhone today- all models (3GS, 4, 4S) all have ios 5 installed (amd when iOS 6 is released they will all get the updat at the same time on the same day). And that Siri arguement isn't valid since it is a feature on the phone, not a part of the OS thus not making it neccisary to have or not have it to run the latest version of iOS.
I turn over to the Adroid phones in the same store and am likely to see at least three different versions of the Android OS on all the different phones, most running one-two versions old with no hope of ever being able to update.
This is not to say one phone is "better" that the other. It is a completely personal preference to what kind of phone one chooses to phase and use. I love my iPhone but there are some great features on the Android OS and devices that I would love to have as well. In the long run, for me, I have found since I keep my phone for at least two-three years iOS and the iPhone has served me well keeping me up to date with the latest OS while also providing me easy and stable use. But it is really difficult to make an argument against the fact that Amdroid phones are all over the map with os versions. Snce new android phones are released what seems like every month and so many cooks are in the kitchen with Android phones (carrier, handset maker and Google) many get passed over for updates.
i bet you apple releases an adaptor to work with the old 30 pin connectors
Cook: "and if you still want to utilize your old 30 pin devices and cables, we have an adaptor for you" ... "priced at only $29.99"
Cook: "and if you still want to utilize your old 30 pin devices and cables, we have an adaptor for you" ... "priced at only $29.99"
The rest of the mobile world has moved away from Proprietary connectors for data transmition and charging. Virtually every Device these days (with some exceptions) uses micro USB.
Why can't apple just conform to an industry standard without the need to define their own every single time?
This has nothing to do with innovation. This is purely a way to create a definate cutt off between new accessories and old accessories, While ensuring your other 3rd party generic USB accessories are also unusable.
I understood when the doc connector came out all those years ago why they did it. the Micro USB standard wasn't quite mainstream and a full USB port was way too big and not usable in the way they wished to build in accessories.
But today there's no excuse for it other than closing off their product line from using thigns not specifically designed for it.
Bad form apple. This is why lots fo people aren't liking you lately and why the competition has been doing so well.
Why can't apple just conform to an industry standard without the need to define their own every single time?
This has nothing to do with innovation. This is purely a way to create a definate cutt off between new accessories and old accessories, While ensuring your other 3rd party generic USB accessories are also unusable.
I understood when the doc connector came out all those years ago why they did it. the Micro USB standard wasn't quite mainstream and a full USB port was way too big and not usable in the way they wished to build in accessories.
But today there's no excuse for it other than closing off their product line from using thigns not specifically designed for it.
Bad form apple. This is why lots fo people aren't liking you lately and why the competition has been doing so well.
Yep, I'm sure that was the thinking at Apple...let's see how we can make a dock connector that's even more fragile.
As long as it looks pretty, I doubt they thought about it that much.
The iPhone has never had any of these changes yet....but the iPods have so there is a precedent.
The Nano has had several aspect ratio changes. The iPod classic line has also.
The original iPods used firewire to charge and sync, then switched to the dock connector which used usb and firewire. Apple then removed firewire support.
The headphone jack has moved around on the iPod lines also.
Its funny how you guys pay for a $500+ phone and complain about a $30 adapter..
Yes, god forbid people trying to save money. The difference is that the phone is worth $500 to people while the connector isn't worth $30. Quite simple actually.
Thank you, someone with a brain joined the discussion before the micro usb bashing got too bad.
Oh boy, two dock connectors! Thank god Android isn't fragmented at all.
every android device uses micro usb, so yea, you're wrong there.
no, not really.. matches the iPod... and when you put phone in pocket, naturally you put it in upside down.
Perhaps in the same world where he signs off on a laptop with visible vents down the side?
You know, I never cared either way before now about the connector, since I know they pretty well have to provide an adapter for my existing connector thingees. But this talk of a possible MagSafe connector + H/P jack at the bottom is actually exciting. If Apple actually creates an awesome dock that doesn't suck as a result it'll be way worth it. For me, I always preferred having the H/P jack at the bottom such as it is on the iPod Touch. The wire then doesn't fall off the top, and I always seem to be holding it right if I take it out of my pocket. If these changes happen, that's another incentive for me to upgrade even though my 4S is less than a year old.
I reckon they'll remove some of the audio out from the dock connector and start including the headphone socket as part of the dock, possibly with optical audio out from the headphone jack. Well, maybe
Boy, how much I wanted SCSI160 back then! Glad I never spent the money on it though. It is astonishing how fast the technology made it basically obsolete.
It is easy to see why SCSI is a bad idea for the iPhone 5. But what is wrong with the current adapter? I hope Apple comes out with triangle USB ports on the next model, so I can blame all naysayers for not embracing change and being too cheap for adapters.
I wouldn't complain if it was actually a step forward, like moving to micro-USB 3 or ThunderBolt or anything else that is standardized.
Do you think it is solely a size enhancement or do you think this new dock connector will provide additional features (such as faster data speeds)