Is the 30-pin to Lightning adapter incompatible with old Apple accessories?

7. hung2900 posted on 11 Oct 2012, 06:05 9 0

Don't worry, Apple will sell you a substitution for ~$30.
That price is very very reasonable, affordable for a fantastic new adapter, cus "Apple focuses on Product, not Profit"

14. microsoftnokiawin posted on 11 Oct 2012, 08:00 0 0

lol yeah

11. chinochinochino posted on 11 Oct 2012, 07:21 0 1

I don't want to defend Apple since the only thing speaking for this new connector right now seems to be the fact that you can insert it in either direction... but still, if you want to introduce new technology compromises have to be made. In the past I've been a huge fan of this clear-cut policy with Apple and since my next phone won't be an Apple product any more I do have to rebuy all the assecory anyways.

It's like with Microsoft cutting upgrade-support to current gen phones because of a technology shift - only in hardware. It has Pro's and Con's but should make anyone calling them out...

9. pegasso posted on 11 Oct 2012, 07:08 1 0

more like "you're holding it wrong. just avoid holding it in that way,"

12. sheik posted on 11 Oct 2012, 07:28 0 0

We care, This column is posted so that we will become aware that there is a problem with the adapters so we would wait until it is corrected and buy a good adapter. I afraid that your comment is useless with typos....

10. doejon posted on 11 Oct 2012, 07:20 0 0

will apple ever fix it? lol

17. DeviantDroid posted on 11 Oct 2012, 11:56 0 0

BAHAHAHAH Side splitting!!!! Loved IT!!!

18. KaiTech posted on 11 Oct 2012, 12:26 1 0

MiniUSB is the same as MicroUSB from a signal perspective, only the connector is different, so that's a bad analogy. You can buy a USB replacement cable for $5 and you are golden.

The Apple lightning connector issue will not be fixed, because it lacks a good chunk of the signals (analog) the 30 pin connector provided.
So don't hold your breath people...