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Reuters Confirms a Smaller Dock Connector and Relocated Headphone Jack on Next iPhone
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my "2 cents".
By changing the dock connector NOW it better.
by not going with the industry standard Micro-USB, They need to provide some sort of technical reason why the new Dock connector is necessary outside of forcing users to buy new accessories again.
If it doesn't support USB 3 / Thunderbolt, as well possibly HDMI output and a few other tech's, than Apple has once again proven that they make technological changes for the sake of money, and not innovation.
You can almost bet on that. It is less pins and they won't make it slower. I hope USB3 support?
Mechanically, micro USB is frail in comparison to the current dock connector, and more difficult to align. It's only good traits are ubiquity, low cost, and small size.
If the the next iPhone has this rumored connector, I would expect that it will be superior in all ways to micro USB save cost and size, which to me would be an acceptable design compromise.
I am almost certain that this is a part for a chinese knockoff. Since there is no separate "backplate", the back should not only contain the Apple "logo" and the name "iPhone" but also some regulatory text on the back as well. So that is missing. Also, the "iPhone" is in the wrong font and the wrong kerning.
There may indeed be a new iPhone 5 with a taller display coming out but I doubt it will have a new dock. The idea that they shrunk it just to move the earphone jack seems suspect to me.
The entire design does not look very "Apple" to me. It looks like a knockoff.
Have we all forgotten the previous times when someone showed a "part" and it turned out to be a part for a clone?
I am also bothered by the inconsistent sizes of the grills and the size of the grill holes.
There may indeed be a new iPhone 5 with a taller display coming out but I doubt it will have a new dock. The idea that they shrunk it just to move the earphone jack seems suspect to me.
The entire design does not look very "Apple" to me. It looks like a knockoff.
Have we all forgotten the previous times when someone showed a "part" and it turned out to be a part for a clone?
I am also bothered by the inconsistent sizes of the grills and the size of the grill holes.
Yes and who knows if this is just Apple getting ready to light up someone's walking papers for talking to reuters anyway.
otoh if they're making a smaller connector slot so as to free up some room for the coffeemaker circuitry? Well it's about time!
As someone that went from the iPod Touch to the iPhone, it felt completely weird having the headphone jack on top as opposed to the bottom. Still feels weird to me to have it on top...
Wouldn't a knock-off require an existing product to fake? Since there is none and there are several leaks including the front glass, it gets more and more likely. There was even a longer battery out there that would not fit into any existing device. That battery is no knock-off, is it? Well, I guess we have to wait until more parts leak. we will get a better picture of the whole thing by then. Just my thoughts on the back pannels: It is a heck of a lot work to make that just as a knock-off. Usually, they try to make them cheap - i.e. plastic back instead of glass...
Actually, if you refer to the Teardrop iPhone from last fall, there was never any part. Just renders. The renders could have very well been from an early prototype and then cloned by case makers. Once a case maker makes that render, you can't tell what was first: The render from Apple or the render from the case maker...
Apple is going backwards by using the same design aspect from the 4 and 4s.
I think this is a huge trick. Watch when the new iPhone is released, it will be totally different.
Taller screen and headphone in the bottom doesn't cut it. I bet a lot of people will jump to google.
I think this is a huge trick. Watch when the new iPhone is released, it will be totally different.
Taller screen and headphone in the bottom doesn't cut it. I bet a lot of people will jump to google.
as I said, the original dock connector made a lot of sense, and since virtually every single apple cmpatible accessory uses it, is virtually a standard of it's own.
Suddenly changing it in shape and size to a completely new proprietary format needs to have a very good excuse. Some task it'll do that was completely impossible on the old one.
the dock connector is very adjustable. I have no doubt that if they wanted to keep the same connector and go USB3 they could have.
So why the change in form factor? Is it purely to force people to rebuy accessories? is it for some real good technological reason we've yet to hear? what is it?
How about this? You don't know anyone's reasons for staying with the iPhone except the people you talked to. Personal experience with a few people does not make you an expert on why people like their phone.
Here is my reason for staying. I already have a Mac and an iPad so my phone plays nicely with the ecosystem I am already in. Plus a lot of apps accumulated though the years (between having an iPhone 4 and a 3G). I am happy with the iPhone and I have no serious complaints about it. I have my seen or heard any killer features of android that makes me jealous. So why would I change from something I know I already like and already have a lot invested in something to an unknown when there is nothing in the unknown that seems like I really need all that much. Maybe it is better but I already know the iPhone does what I want/need. So unless either apple ****s it up or android finds some killer feature otherwise I really have no motivation to change and a lot of motivation to stay.
Although I like that idea, too, I find the micro-USB connectors to be a serious PITA to use. Versus the current 30 pin socket, micro-USB is fiddly to seat quickly and without scraping everything around it. Perhaps it would just be matter of deepening the plug and rounding the edges, but in any case I don't think Apple wants to invite such "apparent" interoperability into their iOS ecosystem. If it's a micro-USB plug, everyone will try it with everything, and that's just a lot of "no" that Apple would have to deal with.
The problem with the current connector is that its too big. Apple can make the battery bigger by reducing the size of the connector. That's why Apple is fighting so hard to reduce the size of SIM cards too. Every mm of space is crucial. It's all about fitting more in the same space.
Well said. I for one bought an Android phone, the Galaxy S3, solely for 4G. That was the "killer app" I needed, along with a decently capable phone. Silly thing is that now I keep two phones in my pockets. However, if the next iPhone has 4G, I'll be back to one.
This is not really much different than any other electronic device that gets upgraded.
EU, millions of customers: Apple, you use a proprietary connector that is large, change it and support USB of some sort.
Apple: OK, we'll do that!
Millions of customers: Now my old accessories aren't compatible. Why did you change it Apple?
Hopefully my 3GS can live through October for iPhone FIVE.
(I don't care what it's called, I just like to get on the nerves of OCD nerds)
(I don't care what it's called, I just like to get on the nerves of OCD nerds)
Oh gee, that looks about the same dimensions as microUSB! What a long meandering route they've taken round this proprietary ports nonsense.
Being different for the sake of being different doesn't make superior or cooler products - it just makes Apple look like clowns - and is bad for customers and the environment to boot.
Being different for the sake of being different doesn't make superior or cooler products - it just makes Apple look like clowns - and is bad for customers and the environment to boot.
The far safer bet is that millions of people will get the new iPhone.
I've no clue what the next one will be like, but my extra cell line is qualified for an upgrade and it will get that new iPhone.
Apple collects grumbles from all sides whenever it releases so much as a sheet of paper, but still laughs hauling its take to the bank.
The headphone jack on the bottom makes a lot more sense. I never understood why it was on the top, it requires you to bend the cable over the back of the phone when it's plugged in. My iPod has it on the bottom, and as it's an exclusively multimedia-oriented device (instead of a smartphone), it's much less cumbersome to just plug it in, slide the iPod face down into my pants and listen to music. Also when you slide it out from your pants, the wire doesn't get in the screen's way.
AMEN.
You people need to calm down. Obviously there will be adapters.
Times change. Technology changes. Get over it.
and for the last time IT CAN NOT DO IT DIRECTLY. It requires the some other pretty big work arounds and requires a additional hardware/software in the receiving end.
microUSB is crap for anything other than simple USB connection and you know it. It is not meant to carry sound OR video, for that you use HDMI which is standard nowadays (for HD, for SD use composite or component) - or for iDevices, use the dock connector.