Apple getting ready to ditch the traditional iPhone, iPad, and iPod dock connector | iMore

Apple getting ready to ditch the traditional iPhone, iPad, and iPod dock connector | iMore: "Apple getting ready to ditch the traditional iPhone, iPad, and iPod dock connector
By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:11 pm
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An updated “micro dock” would make room for bigger batteries, 4G radios, and other components far more important to the iPhone and iPad in a PC free world.

We’ve heard that Apple is getting ready to ditch the dock connector as it’s currently sized and implemented on iPods, iPhones, and iPads. The reason isn’t anything political, like a new desire to conform to an outdated micro-USB standard, but typically Apple: to save space inside the iPhone 5 for what are now more important components."

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