Thunderbolt to iOS Devices?

[TallManNY]

Could Apple make a fast Thunderbolt connector that would allow syncing of iPhone/iPad/iPod? How fast do you think that would be compared to the current USB 2.0 connectors? How much would be held back by the iOS input connection?

 

[miles01110]

It's their protocol, they can do whatever they want with it.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Thunderbolt sync cable?

 

[Blipp]

I'd say your limitation becomes how fast the iOS device can process the data that's being transferred as there's no way an iPhone can process 10Gbit/s. It may make the transfers faster than USB2 but I don't know that it would be a significant enough boost to be worth the added room needed for the controller and manufacturing cost.

 

[diamond.g]

I was under the impression that the ThunderBolt controller was pretty big, and since it needs to exist in the devices as well as the computer... I wouldn't expect compatibility until Apple can integrate it in with the CPU (so maybe A6 or A7) or it is made to be pretty small. I also wouldn't expect a speed improvement, until Apple uses better (faster) flash NAND.