Not quite, so yeah, you're wrong there.
Yeah, too bad Apple seems to be following Android's lead with this one.
Not quite, so yeah, you're wrong there.
Every mm inside is valuable space.
The people who are complaining about the new dock connector would probably be the first to complain about poor battery life. Apple can never please these people, so I'm glad they ignore them.
I don't understand this point of view. It has been proven numerous times that headphones at the bottom is a more ergonomic and comfortable solution. Describing headphones at the top as an advantage baffles me.
Jumping to conclusions a bit, no? If not please point to a legitimate news story stating definitively that Apple is pushing the smaller dock connector just for the heck of it and/or to help partners make easy money, and not to aid in better iDevice design or because functionality Apple wants to add can't be handled by the current connector.
What, wait, it's not micro-USB? Why?? I don't want another charger for my phone, I have a handfull already.![]()
Peterjames.org said:Apple should just make it a micro-USB, now that they are adept at putting standard ports on the Retina MBP (HDMI, USB 3). Didn't the EU mandate that all phones sold needed to connect (or charge) via micro-USB or the manufacturer must provide an adapter free of charge? This would be one way to bring the cost down further (and keep the margin higher) by using a standard jack like this....proprietary connectors are so 1986 (ADB, anyone?)
Everyone screams innovate until they are presented with the "harsh reality" of having to use a $0.99 adapter to use their old ****. OMFG NO!!!
The only thing which bothers me in this design is the asymmetry on the bottom. I think the 4/4s design is one of the most beautiful things Apple ever engineered and this new bottom with headphone jack, asymmetric speakers and smaller dock looks clunky and amateurish.
That's why I think this design is a fakeUnless they are putting something really important on the top part of the phone, why on earth would they move the headphone socket to the bottom of the phone? I also agree that the 4/4S is one of the most beautiful industrial design products to come out of Apple in years. It's really hard to improve on that design.
Another point which would make this a truly stupid move by Apple is their effort to integrate iPhones into cars. A lot of manufacturers are already on board. This would drop a lot of problems on them and their dealers as BMW owners realize their new iPhones no longer work with their cars and demand that the car's interface be changed. So who pays for that upgrade? The consumer? Buy a new iPhone and end up with a four figure bill in order to connect it the same as the last model? This could simply kill iPhone sales. Let's see if Schiller pulls this much of a bonehead move.
Personally I think Apple is feeding these rumors in order to get feedback and so far it has all been negative. They do watch these forums to see what customers are thinking. I believe this is really just a test to see how committed the market is to the existing connector.
I don't think so. To put thunderbolt in a device like the iPhone (let alone the iPod nano etc) would be far too expensive and have few advantages. USB 3.0, yes, but not Thunderbolt.
That's why I think this design is a fakeUnless they are putting something really important on the top part of the phone, why on earth would they move the headphone socket to the bottom of the phone? I also agree that the 4/4S is one of the most beautiful industrial design products to come out of Apple in years. It's really hard to improve on that design.
Uhh, you know the dock connector carries other signals besides USB, right? Like Audio, HDMI, etc.
Not quite, so yeah, you're wrong there.
Shame on BMW for thinking the 30-pin connector would last forever.
The dock does not carry HDMI signals.
All those phone are from 2009.
Take a bow son, excellent contribution to the forum.
My problem is that if they are going to change the connector, they should do what virtually every other company with portable devices out there is doing and go to MicroUSB. This is happening with all devices, including smart phones, bluetooth keyboards for tablets, eReaders, non-Apple Tablets, etc.
Jumping to conclusions a bit, no? If not please point to a legitimate news story stating definitively that Apple is pushing the smaller dock connector just for the heck of it and/or to help partners make easy money, and not to aid in better iDevice design or because functionality Apple wants to add can't be handled by the current connector.
You can almost bet on that. It is less pins and they won't make it slower. I hope USB3 support?
Have we all forgotten the previous times when someone showed a "part" and it turned out to be a part for a clone?
Suddenly changing it
I know. The person I was replying to said every Android phone used microUSB; he didn't say every phone after 2009. Your post takes mine out of context and is irrelevant. You might as well have mentioned the color of the phones.
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How about you bring non-dock connector iPods into it as well, pedant.
I would question anyone who sources images from a place called Guido Watch Image
Because those are obsolete and only purchased as collector items
So you jump someone for making an overly broad and non-factual statement, yet you're allowed to make an overly broad and non-factual statement.
I conduct a lot of interviews and make a lot of hiring decisions - the reason unemployment is so high in this country is because a fair number of people aren't worth minimum wage. Exhibit A.
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?
No big deal. It's the Apple culture, it's been like this since the arrival of the man from Next.Never seen a whinier group of people than Apple users...Apple is damned if they do and damned if they dont.
So what am i going to do with the 131 spare iphone chargers i seem to have picked up over the years?
Thats nearly as annoying as those captcha things on email forms...
God they get my back up!
Well, if you're buying the new iPhone anyway, you might as well pick up a new BMW to go with it.
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Orly? What's this then?
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD098ZM/A
That's a converter that takes the raw audio and video signals and packages it as HDMI. the Dock connector doesn't carry HDMI signals.