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Reports Say Apple Is Shrinking Its Docking Connector With iPhone 5
jones_supa writes "Two sources have told Reuters that Apple's new iPhone will drop the classic wide dock connector used in the company's gadgets for the best part of a decade in favor of a smaller one. The refresh will be a 19-pin connector port at the bottom instead of the previous 30-pin port 'to make room for the earphone moving to the bottom.' That would mean the new phone would not connect with the myriad of accessories playing a part in the current ecosystem of iPods, iPads and iPhones, at least without an adapter. On the upside, a smaller connector will allow for more compact product designs. Some enterprising vendors in China have already begun offering cases for the new phone, complete with earphone socket on the bottom and a 'guarantee' that the dimensions are correct." Gizmodo writer Adrian Covert says it's for your own good.
And how exactly would you get your digital/analog audio, Full HD video over HDMI, or video over composite while using a micro-USB connector?
Why is it that stupid people hate Apple? Is there something about being stupid that I just don't get?
It would be a good idea to use your extra cables to strangle yourself.
LOLOLOL cry more for me fanboy, gimme those sweet tears.
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USB lacks video & audio out as well as other feature connectors. So its one custom connector, or several standard ones. Apple wants fewer connectors, so a custom one is used. Not a big deal really.
Apple apologists will mod me down but screw it. This is completely asinine. A very tiny minority of of the install base ever uses those features. Miniscule. Infinitesimal. The next thing to non-existent.
Call it for what it is: Apple making a stubborn, frustrating decision that you cannot argue with, cannot debate, can only decide whether you'll begrudgingly accept it or buy something else. That's the truth of it. Painting it as anything else is lying.
Apple's one of the signatories of the micro-usb for cell phones standard. How are they weasel-dicking their way out of it now?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_External_Power_Supply
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Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
{whistle!} a little sensitive, aren't we. whew! i can only imagine how overprotective you are with more personal things.
I rather suspect his iPhone is the only personal possession he has. Most likely his girlfriend-in-the-pocket.
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