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First Pictures of Apple's New Mini Connector

Posted by timothy on from the ok-now-complain-about-it dept.

tad001 writes "The Daily Mail has pictures of Apple's new mini connector. The photograph, shared by French tech website nowhereelse.fr, shows two components, one of which is said to be similar to another apparently leaked picture of a part of the new iPhone. As well as the new dock connector, the part also seems to take in the headphone jack and the home button connector for the hotly awaited devices."

6 of 303 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Let the lawsuits begin.. by Desler · · Score: 5, Informative

    No they won't. They provide an adapter which complies with the rules.

  2. Re:Just use micro USB already! by squiggleslash · · Score: 4, Informative

    MHL provides HDMI compatible output over the connector used for microUSB (and can co-exist with USB), and USB itself includes protocols for audio in/out. MHL+USB over micro-B is becoming standard in the Android world. There's no reason to eschew microUSB for these functions.

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  3. Re:Let the lawsuits begin.. by msauve · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is no such "mandate." The EU encouraged, and some set of cell phone manufacturers voluntarily agreed to, the adoption of the micro USB connector for charging. I don't know if Apple was part of that group, I suspect not. It's not required by law, although Apple does provide an adapter which allows using micro USB chargers.

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  4. Re:More proprietary apple shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    You're doing something seriously wrong.

    Yeah, I'm using a device with a Micro USB connector. Every Micro USB Device I have ever used has developed problems due to cable wear. It's not a large sample, but a Blackberry, two Droids, and a USB 3.0 hard drive (which was unreliable straight out of the box with the included cable, just tapping the cable would cause it to lose the connection) have all been problematic for me. In the case of the phones, a fresh cable fixes the problem (temporarily), so the cables are wearing down to being useless in about 200-300 connect-disconnect cycles. The problem is that the cables do not lock in securely, resulting in weak connections and accelerated wear.

  5. Re:Place your bets of the price of adapters! by PayPaI · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, it's not like they sell a similar adapter for $9

  6. Re:Let the lawsuits begin.. by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Informative

    No need for annecdotes. The spec says that the micro USB connector must be rated for at least 10,000 insertion/removal cycles.

    You can buy the connectors for pennies. There is more chance of the soldering or glue holding the copper layer of the PCB failing than the connector breaking. Similarly the cable will probably fray before the connector gets damaged.

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