Comments on: Will Apple dump the iPhone’s aging 30-pin connector? http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/will-apple-dump-the-iphones-aging-30-pin-connector/ Sun, 19 May 2013 22:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Baxter http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/will-apple-dump-the-iphones-aging-30-pin-connector/#comment-843676 Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489624#comment-843676 Apple standarized on the 30 pin connector 8 years before the rest of the industry decided to even have a standard. Micro USB sucks. If I want to hook the phone up to a TV, gotta have an HDMI cable. If I want to hook the phone up and control it via car head unit, can’t do that over Micro USB either. Apple did it right from the beginning, everyone else still got it wrong.

]]> By: JohnS http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/will-apple-dump-the-iphones-aging-30-pin-connector/#comment-832389 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:50:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489624#comment-832389 Of course Apple won’t adopt an industry standard like micro-USB. They have their customer base by the balls; why would they loosen their grip on us even slightly? God forbid you buy an iPhone and not need to buy a slew of iPhone-specific hardware to go along with it. Industry standards just mess with Apple’s business model of cornering their market. Standards, schmandards.

]]> By: Julie Anna http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/will-apple-dump-the-iphones-aging-30-pin-connector/#comment-813365 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:45:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489624#comment-813365 Good review. I am looking for a 3D fone. I really got fasinated with this one. What would u suggest? http://bit.ly/wvOvoU

]]> By: Investor Junkie http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/will-apple-dump-the-iphones-aging-30-pin-connector/#comment-813342 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:30:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489624#comment-813342 Why have a connector at all? That would be forward thinking.

]]> By: Jeff http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/will-apple-dump-the-iphones-aging-30-pin-connector/#comment-813111 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:00:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489624#comment-813111 Call me ambitious but sooner or later: Thunderbolt.

]]> By: MonkeyMo http://gigaom.com/2012/02/24/will-apple-dump-the-iphones-aging-30-pin-connector/#comment-813054 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:12:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=489624#comment-813054 Apple has shown interest in Magsafe for iOS devices, even a fiber optic version of MagSafe in two patents of theirs. See for yourself.

1) http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/12/apples-next-iteration-of-magsafe-may-include-fiber-optics.html

2) http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/08/apple-wins-key-patents-for-multi-touch-displays-magsafe-for-future-ipad-more.html

So if they’re dumping a 30pin connector for iOS devices, they may be eyeing magsafe.

I hope that this adds to the conversation.

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