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You keep associating the Euro currency with the European Union: "and other European Union nations increased by as much as %u20AC600" "%u20AC0.99 in the EU" The UK, Poland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria etc are all in the EU, b…
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These two bits in the article really undermine any pretence that AI is a balanced (or indeed sensible) publication: "In addition, a would-be thief would need access to the iPhone itself after the fake is produced." No kidding. But the same is true…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil How is a USB port not convenient? Plug in any cable from any manufacturer. If we were talking about devices that provided a socket, then I agree a USB socket would be the most sensible to pro…
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Bye bye convenience charging stations in airport lounges, corporate receptions, etc. with connectors for every major phone manufacturer. With a bit of luck, bye bye lightning. If ever there was a case for insisting Apple use the micoUSB conn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ScartArt No AI are correct although they haven't been particularly clear. The USB adapter was initially only available in EU countries, due to the fact that manufacturers have to offer USB charging options …
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I think AI are a bit confused. As far as I am aware, no European iPhones come with this included free of charge. What was the situation, was that when this Apple 'Lightning to microUSB' adaptor first appeared for sale, it was ONLY being sold in Eur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by franktinsley To match the front. Sorry, didn't see your post when replying above. Agree.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Splash-reverse Why two contrasting tones between top/bottom and middle? Just a theory: Symmetry for the front and back. Remember all that talk about Apple having an iPhone with a screen going ri…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil No, I'll agree that it will be the 30-pin USB Dock Connector, a brand new, smaller Dock Connector of Apple's design and incorporating different pins, or nothing. Ok, we will have…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Even if we ignore that USB doesn't allow for all the options that are needed It's a Universal Charging Solution not Universal Phone Solution. You don't have to just have microUSB, you c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil And Apple will receive an exception to that. Apple can do whatever they want, because no one should be forced to conform to something as idiotic as microUSB. I think we will have…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil And Apple has received an exception to that. But since then the ITU spec has moved on to include tablets, etc. Whether they have exemption is irrelevant, they are not going to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX The goal is to reduce chargers. Perhaps one day they force us to reduce cables but you'd have to create a cable standard that would allow for all the various options that the USB standard doesn't …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Does the new ITU standard have anything to do with the phone end of the cord or just the charger and the charger end of the cord? Device end is mandated to be microUSB. A split/con…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GrangerFX Is there any chance that the mini dock connector could actually be a thunderbolt port? My guess is not because the electronics to support a thunderbolt port would be more than a small mobile devic…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slang4Art Bitch to the carriers. The fact that we still have to deal with removable SIMs is ridiculous in and of itself. Well, yes and no! What you certainly don't want is a situation where y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections Mobile phones aren't IP devices. They're on a custom network that (in GSM land) identifies devices based on their unique device ID stored on the SIM card. If you want to be able to send SMS, you do that thr…
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Very worrying that swapping sim cards can do this - automatically. As a European well accustomed to sim cards, it has historically been a standard behaviour - since the days when mobiles first went 'mass market' - to occassionally swap sims with …
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With regard to the BBC series mentioned in the AI article, it was called "The Dream Machine" (also the title of the book acompanying the series, "The Machine that Changed the World" was the US release title for the series only, different to the res…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 1) I believe the term is guarantee, not warranty. No, warranty/warranties is perfectly correct. Helps if you understand what words mean rather than just where they are used.