Apple job offering suggests 30-pin connector is indeed getting replaced

3. dickwyn posted on 31 May 2012, 10:05 0 2

this is super open and very straight forward message to us

10. taco50 (banned) posted on 31 May 2012, 16:42 5 3

Is this your new auto troll message?

14. iami67 posted on 31 May 2012, 18:32 1 0

The Fcc past a similar law in USa about using micro usb adapters for all cell devices saying that having all the diferent charges is just adding to our land fills. Thats why you see everyone using micro now and and whenever apple releases a new device they pay a fine for not using the right plugs. they dont care since they over charge for home and car charges to begin with now being they need that for there phones they make it up in the end

6. VZWuser76 posted on 31 May 2012, 11:38 4 1

My thoughts exactly. Everyone else has gone to this, even Samsung after a few phones popped up with their oddball 30+ pin connector when everyone else had gone to micro USB connectors. A couple of HTC phones (Droid Incredible & Rezound) have a modified micro USB, but they work with standard cables. If they did something like that there wouldn't be an issue. You could charge or transfer data with a standard cable, and then have a cable with a modified end that would allow you to output video like the HTC phones do. It would be nice if you didn't have your OEM cable with and could use any standard micro USB cable to charge your phone or transfer data, those cables are everywhere (computers, media players, regular & smartphones, etc.).

11. guosheng posted on 31 May 2012, 17:33 4 2

Well, it's dead simple: Apple cable $24.99, Standard cable $2.

18. Nick_T posted on 01 Jun 2012, 01:28 0 0

Yup, thanks for the heads up.

12. stealthd posted on 31 May 2012, 17:46 1 0

I guess anyone who bought anything before micro USB was a moron then?

15. iami67 posted on 31 May 2012, 18:34 1 1

knowiong apple itll be closer to 50