First Pictures of Apple's New Mini Connector 303
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."
Re:Let the lawsuits begin.. (Score:5, Informative)
No they won't. They provide an adapter which complies with the rules.
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Re:Let the lawsuits begin.. (Score:4, Informative)
Re:More proprietary apple shit (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.
Re:Place your bets of the price of adapters! (Score:4, Informative)
Yeah, it's not like they sell a similar adapter [amazon.com] for $9
Re:Let the lawsuits begin.. (Score:5, Informative)
No need for annecdotes. The spec [usb.org] 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.