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Reuters Confirms a Smaller Dock Connector and Relocated Headphone Jack on Next iPhone
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PC's are generationally proprietary, so the difference equalizes over time.
If you own a 5 year old PC you are locked out of today's accessories and speeds.
I have Dell XPS from the end of 2006, it has a firewire 400 port, USB 2.0 ports, a VGA port, S-Video, a phone modem, an A/B/G wireless card, Bluetooth 1, a DVD drive, and a mini PCI card slot. Even though everything still works, it's all yesterday's unsupported, slow technology. Although, I have upgraded it 3 times and replaced the monitor, so PC's do have that going for them.
Isn't that exactly what MHL USB is for? Not that Apple will adopt that either.
Right. Apply completely re-designed the 30 pin dock connector just because of the placement of the headphone jack.
Either the source has no idea what they are talking about and is therefore bogus, or the source was badly mis-quoted.
There are plenty of reasons to re-do the dock connector, but pretty sure putting the headphone jack on the bottom is not the primary one.
If it is to be slimmer I understand, however there really is such a wealth of docks out there that the new connector will have to add some significant benefit.
If we weren’t prepared to adapt and change once in a while, we’d still be using SCSI
Change is great if it has a clear advantage. With the new pico-SIM-card, the MagSafe 2 and the new Dock connector, it's only about saving a few mm...all while phones actually grow bigger. I don't want to use different chargers or adapters for my iPad 3 and the next iPhone, or when I borrow a friend's laptop charger.
If you want change for the sake of change, why not lobby the government to change the power socket format again? My god, it's so...old already!
How in the heck do you reckon Android (Phone and OS) is streaks ahead of Apple? Really? I picked up the latest and greatest Samsung Android phone the other day in a phone shop and compared it to my iPhone 4s. the Android phone was slower and not graphics were not as good.
Wouldn't Apple consult the 3rd party vendors for all the iPhone devices?
Anything that has a fixed cradle with 30 pin connector could have problems. It's good that most after market car head units have a USB connector so you just plug in the right lead.
I've been looking at getting a dock for sometime, guess I'll wait until after the next iPhone comes out.
Anything that has a fixed cradle with 30 pin connector could have problems. It's good that most after market car head units have a USB connector so you just plug in the right lead.
I've been looking at getting a dock for sometime, guess I'll wait until after the next iPhone comes out.
Your argument would hold more water if you knew the name of the Samsung phone you compared. Samsung make quite a few phones you know.
well i hope n pray it to be a magsafe connector, would be awesome, i m not buying anything else other than this phone 
moaning about new connection
Get with the times people.
Maybe the new port will give us newer higher speed devices.
Plug in thunderbolt monitor perhaps, Computer Mode when screen/keyboard and mouse present.
And maybe even a snappier Safari
Get with the times people.
Maybe the new port will give us newer higher speed devices.
Plug in thunderbolt monitor perhaps, Computer Mode when screen/keyboard and mouse present.
And maybe even a snappier Safari
+1 I'm surprised magsafe or similar isn't used for more connectors that I actually do frequently plug and unplug - like dock connector and usb
Though microsoft may beat them to it:
http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-surface-could-debut-magsafe-data-hybrid-hook-up-19234611/
Microsoft really let Apple have that though. No upgrade path from XP to 7 was a big slap in the face to businesses worldwide, and many consumers, the majority of which were still on XP. Many businesses are still using XP, even as it approaches EOL. I would not be surprised if we see many colleges go all-Mac once that happens, seeing as how their students largely are already. Like you said, if you have to transfer all your files manually anyway, then why the hell not go Mac? It'll even do it for you.
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I've had a Galaxy Nexus since Nov having owned a 3, a 3G and the 4, and IMO Android is significantly better as is the hardware.
Don't get me wrong, the iPhone is a great phone, and back when I owned my iPhone it was the best on the market. Now, it's been surpassed and those who want the best phone and are not slaves to marketing buy Android.
I think the "Legacy connector but full OS" is wrong. Should read "Legacy connector and nearly full OS", on the basis that I reckon Apple will be introducing something new (NFC?) into the new iPhone...
It's pedantic, I know, but only one of them is a speaker...
I'm no expert, but I'm sure some of you are. Could the new connector be the EU-required micro-USB? And could it be that the headphone socket has been moved and improved so that, when connected to the new dock which contains a micro-USB and a 3.5mm jack it has all the same functionality as the current one?
Looking at the picture, it looks like the microphone (if it's the smaller of the two) is slightly more central than on the iP4(s). But does it really matter where it is? It's surely sensitive enough. It works pretty well as a speaker phone, after all...
You've got a point on the cable, though. I don't get that, unless it's got another use (e.g. as part of the dock connection). It's not a problem for me - I use bluetooth for music and phone. But if you're listening to music and get a call, the music stops, and then starts when you hang up. And if you had to remove wired headphones to take a call (e.g. because your 'phones don't include a microphone), when you hang up either the music won't start again, or it would come out of the speaker. Neither is an improvement on the current system.
So there must be something else going on with the move of headphone socket. Just a shame that we won't be certain until either it's released, or something becomes obvious within iOS6...
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well i hope n pray it to be a magsafe connector, would be awesome, i m not buying anything else other than this phone
Well this just about sums it up. Apart from rumours, no idea what the phone will actually be like, but buying it anyway because they've been Apple-washed.
I don't know what Android phones you are talking about, because the last time I looked the all used shared industry standards. For example, unlike Apple, Android even has a full and standards-compliant implementation of the BlueTooth standard. And all Android gadgets use standard USB cables to power and connect the device. Oh, and they don't need external software like iTunes to let the user access his data on the device.
But you're right - if you're talking about sleeves and cases, you have to buy a new one for each phone. Could have something to do with the variety of form factors...
I've said it before and I say it again: Apple calls this fragmentation, others call it freedom, diversity and choice.
As a 2nd- and 4th-gen iPod nano user, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised how much sense this makes.. your phone would be correctly oriented when you pull it out of your pocket! Your cheaper "iPod" dock no longer needs a 3.5mm cable snaking up to the top of the phone!
I don't want to go Mac, because I feel at home in Windows, I enjoy using my PC. I haven't had a good experience with Macs so id be unlikely to go back. Plus none of the Macs out there have a video card that I want.
Half the time you need to do that with iPhone. Half the accessories made for each iPhone won't work with the next one, stuff made for the 2G wouldn't work with the 3G like the docks, My case for my iPhone 4 didn't fit on my 4S.
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