Is Apple Changing the Connectors for the new IPhone ??
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Apple Changes IPhone Connectors
A design upgrade for Apple’s connector, unchanged for nearly a decade, could mean new peripherals for much of its huge existing user base.
9 years ago Steve Jobs unveiled the third-generation iPod, the first device with a plug design that has become nearly as significant to independent manufacturers as iTunes has to the music industry. The bottom-mounted connector capable of transferring songs and charging the music player is now a standard Apple component
Makers of mobile accessories use the plug’s specifications when designing chargers, cases, speakers, and stands for iPods, iPhones, and iPads
$1.3 billion-a-year market will soon be upended by the connector’s first overhaul since April 2003, according to several people familiar with the design of the new iPhone expected this fall. These people, who were not authorized to discuss the change, say the new plug will have only 19 connector pins, down from 30 in the port used by more than 600 million iPods, iPhones, and iPads, as well as millions of third-party accessories. An Apple representative declined to comment.
Even so, some companies like Chargezone have stopped making Apple accessories pending a formal announcement. “It’s a challenge,” Symons says, “because we have to wait and see what’s going to happen.”
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Apple Changes IPhone Connectors
A design upgrade for Apple’s connector, unchanged for nearly a decade, could mean new peripherals for much of its huge existing user base.
9 years ago Steve Jobs unveiled the third-generation iPod, the first device with a plug design that has become nearly as significant to independent manufacturers as iTunes has to the music industry. The bottom-mounted connector capable of transferring songs and charging the music player is now a standard Apple component
Makers of mobile accessories use the plug’s specifications when designing chargers, cases, speakers, and stands for iPods, iPhones, and iPads
$1.3 billion-a-year market will soon be upended by the connector’s first overhaul since April 2003, according to several people familiar with the design of the new iPhone expected this fall. These people, who were not authorized to discuss the change, say the new plug will have only 19 connector pins, down from 30 in the port used by more than 600 million iPods, iPhones, and iPads, as well as millions of third-party accessories. An Apple representative declined to comment.
Even so, some companies like Chargezone have stopped making Apple accessories pending a formal announcement. “It’s a challenge,” Symons says, “because we have to wait and see what’s going to happen.”
www.chargezone.co.uk
www.youtube.com/chargezone
www.vimeo.com/chargezone
www.twitter.com/chargezone
http://chargezone.tumblr.com
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