By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 11:13 PM EST (08:13 PM PST)
An unsubstantiated rumor claims that Apple is looking to replace the venerable 30-pin iPhone, iPad and iPod dock connector with a smaller, space-saving successor that will possibly make a debut in the company's next generation iPhone.
Apple blog
iMore has "heard" from unnamed sources that the iPhone maker is
first introduced in 2010, and the technology found its way to the iPhone 4 to make space for a larger battery. The frugality went further as the internal antenna was displaced to the handset's edge, a design that caused the so-called
"antenna-gate" fiasco.
Another factor is the connector's role in data transfer. With the advent of iCloud, AirPlay and the energy-sipping Bluetooth 4.0, a future iPhone may only need a cable for charging purposes.
It is unclear what would become of the huge ecosystem of existing "Made for iDevice" products, which is a lucrative business for both Apple and third-party companies, as it would be made obsolete by a redesigned connector.
Illustration of space taken by current dock connector in an iPhone. | Source: iMore
No further information was given, and it is important to reiterate that the aforementioned specifics were based on guesswork.
