Phil Schiller: Lightning Connector To Be Used for "Years to Come"

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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    News Bot, Sep 12, 2012
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  2. SilverShip Well-Known Member

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    Thank god for that couldn't deal with a new dock connector next year!
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  3. GTRagnarok Active Member

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    IMO, the best feature of the connector is its reversibility.
    GTRagnarok, Sep 12, 2012
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  4. vahn Active Member

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    I like the new dock connector. I was surprised they kept the ancient one around so long.
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  5. JKJones Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for caring about the geeks Phil.
    JKJones, Sep 12, 2012
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  6. ValleyForge Head of Community Development Team

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    Wireless charging is no more complicated than wired charging. I'll tell you why. Either way, there are two connections: one to the wall socket, and one to the device. The first connection is to the wall socket always, but the second one could just as simply be wireless as wired. It doesn't matter how the second connection is made; it's still one single connection.
    ValleyForge, Sep 12, 2012
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  7. ale624 Well-Known Member

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    Or you could do it like the HP touchpad or the palm 2 or 3...
    ale624, Sep 12, 2012
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  8. errrick Active Member

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    I'm sure most of us didn't care about it being thinner or reversible... Seriously since when this was a major issue???

    Now, USB3 transfer speeds would have been an amazing new thing to see with this whole dock connector mess, to actually make it worth it. But no apple, you did it again. Syncing GBs of music and backing up on iTunes will continue to take ages. And you dare to call this connector "lightning"??? Wtf!!!

    Thunderbolt has been out for more than a year now yet few other than a couple storage devices support it, and recent inclusion of USB3 in MacBooks just make plain no sense for the average users. Thank you once more apple.
    errrick, Sep 12, 2012
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  9. Badd_Blood Well-Known Member

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    They never mentioned if it's USB 3.0... did they?
    Badd_Blood, Sep 13, 2012
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    SilverShip, Sep 13, 2012
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