![]() As Schiller notedĭuring Wednesday’s Apple event, “So much has changed and so many of the things they used to do over the wire can now be done wirelessly. What’s perhaps most interesting about the change to the new Lightning connector is that it reflects changes in the ways we’re using our iPhones and iPods. Macworld’s hands-on with Apple’s Lightning-to-30-pin adapters More wireless, but still wired This adapter supports only charging and syncing. Lightning to Micro USB Adapter, presumably to comply with European Union requirements. It’s also worth noting that Apple has released a (For the latest in new iOS accessories, follow our Of course, if you’re averse to adapters, or if you’ve been thinking about upgrading your older accessories anyway, Apple notes that companies are already working on Lightning-connector accessories-during Wednesday’s event, Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller specifically mentioned Bose, JBL, Bowers & Wilkins, and Bang & Olufsen. We’ll see how warranted this concern is once we start testing the new phone and the adapters. There’s also the concern, mentioned by a number of Macworld staffers around the office, that using an iPhone 5 with an older, 30-pin accessory risks putting a lot of pressure on both the phone’s Lightning port and the accessory’s dock connector thanks to the additional leverage added by the length of the adapter. ![]() (The inclusion of a DAC explains at least part of the price of the adapters.) That’s because hidden away inside each 30-pin adapter is a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that converts the Lightning connector’s digital audio signal to an analog version. More cryptically, the online Apple Store’s product pages note that “some 30-pin accessories are not supported.”Īstute readers may have noticed that the Lightning connector does not support analog audio-out, but the 30-pin adapters do. ![]() However, the adapters don’t support video-out or iPod mode, the latter a special mode that lets particular accessories, such as car stereos and some whole-home-audio systems, display your iPod’s menus on the accessory’s own screen. Lightning to USB Cables will run you $19 a piece.)Īpple has confirmed to Macworld that these adapters support analog and USB audio-out, as well as syncing and charging. Lightning to 30-pin Adapter (0.2 m) (the latter a 20cm cable), each of which lets you connect older 30-pin-dock-connector accessories to the new iPhone and iPod models. If you’ve got expensive older accessories that you don’t feel like replacing, Apple offers the $29 Apple includes with the new iPhones and iPods a USB-to-Lightning-connector cable, but no adapter to use the new devices with older accessories. ![]() (The other part is that the iPhone screen’s touch sensors are now integrated into the display, so the display itself is thinner.) Adapt or buyĮasier to use, sturdier, smaller-what’s not to like? The downside of this change is that the new Lightning connector renders Apple’s latest devices incompatible with the millions of 30-pin-connector accessories on the market and in people’s homes. This new, smaller connector is part of the reason the new iPhone is 20 percent thinner than the iPhone 4S. Of course, the other big advantage of the Lightning connector is its size: It’s 80 percent smaller than the 30-pin connector, which means the space required on your device to accomodate the new plug is smaller by at least the same amount-and that’s not counting the reduction in the amount of interior circuitry required to support the connector’s features. As with the 30-pin connector, the Lightning connector supports video output Apple told Macworld that Lightning-to-HDMI and Lightning-to-VGA cables will be available “in the coming months.” ![]()
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