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What is the point of new dock connector?
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Honestly, I have no idea. They never mentioned anything in the keynote about the new connector having quicker transfer speeds, or charge speeds.
iThink its there for you to buy a new accessory and purchase more products. its smart on apples part because your not going to want to buy a new car charger so you buy the 30 pin adapter for the new dock connector. as you can see its the wave of the future all of the products released today are for the new dock connector
Smaller.
And before you say "I don't care," trust me, TONS of people on this board say "give me a bigger battery" every single year. A lot of folks enjoy every little thing that lets them make the battery as large as possible.
And before you say "I don't care," trust me, TONS of people on this board say "give me a bigger battery" every single year. A lot of folks enjoy every little thing that lets them make the battery as large as possible.
I have to agree there.
Conspicuously, they did not state any pricing for adapters nor 9pin cables. We heard the rumors here that Apple will be the sole vendor at $10 and $29 respectively. They were very quiet about that.
Like you said, this is a LOT of money in their wallet if they force everyone to buy cables and adapters through them.
Of course, the manufacturers of compatible products will get to see everything all over again.
You want to fit more stuff in a small package, you shrink the size of parts.
Not rocket science...
Not rocket science...
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They could have done this years ago with microUSB....
Basically it's an optimized connector for charging and syncing. The 30 pin connector was clunky and full of pins for things that aren't even relevant anymore. A smaller connector takes up less room in the device and it looks like they've come up with a better connector design.
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They could have done this years ago with microUSB....
Apple would never use microusb like everyone else. They want you to buy their stuff.
First and foremost, real estate. They needed to design a smaller connector for the future of thinner devices. Before you quickly jump to "they could've used microUSB!", one of the better things about Lightning is the reversibility. No more trying to figure out which way the cable goes in.
In terms of connectivity, USB 3 and Thunderbolt will come in time. Right now they are focused on delivering content via iCloud, so faster transfer speeds via wire probably aren't the highest priority. You can decide for yourself what is better, but that is their strategy.
In terms of connectivity, USB 3 and Thunderbolt will come in time. Right now they are focused on delivering content via iCloud, so faster transfer speeds via wire probably aren't the highest priority. You can decide for yourself what is better, but that is their strategy.
This. Have you ever looked at the pinout for the 30-pin dock connector? It still houses pins for very outdated tech like FireWire, S-Video, etc..
However, I would have liked to have seen USB 3.0 connectivity. No sure if I agree with "Lightning" if it's stuck on USB 2.0.
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They could have done this years ago with microUSB....
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They could have done this years ago with microUSB....
Is that why so many phones with microUSB have another port as well? A lot have some sort of micro/mini HDMI, and some have their own docking connector to provide things like video and audio output.
Doesn't mean there can't be a standard that does all these things and is on all phones including the iPhone.
So is Apple supposed to come up with that standard and try to get others to support it? Or are they supposed to not release a new phone until such a standard is developed?
I wish you could just buy an adapter with Lightning at one end and micro-USB at the other end. I live in a house FULL of micro-USB chargers. Would love a simple adapter for that.
because it would not fit in the iphone 5's body. to make the phone thinner and smaller, so would the dock connector.
Quoted for truth. Disregard the cynical and negative posts. Will the change make Apple money? Yes. Is this the main or only reason they did it? NO.
The previous port has been around for almost 10 YEARS. Its only reasonable for it to change considering the technology advancement . And also, Apple has been really good in this regard. 10 years of supporting one connector? Most of the other companies change their connectors MUCH faster.