It was one of the star rumors in the preview of the iPhone 5 presentation. At that time it was not known that it would be called Lightning, but it was smaller, and therefore incompatible at first with the entire family of accessories that we knew destined to serve as squires for the iPhone and iPad. An adapter would come to the rescue.
It is a supplement that, for 30 euros, partially solves the problem. It was learned a little later, however, that said adapter suffers from some compatibility problems, in addition to ruining the fact of fitting correctly with some speakers, given the resulting dimensions of the set after the added orthopedic.
But the thing does not end there. As we have learned through Tuaw, the problem is even more bloody than it seemed. And it is that the adapter of Lighting a broadens its margin of incompatibility with previous accessories. As reported, some of the "" official Apple plug-ins, to make matters worse "" of iPhone and iPad do not work with the Lightning to 30-pin dock transformer .
Among them, the adapter for USB ports, memory cards or converter to VGA and HDMI. And that, to open your mouth. It has also been noted that other devices intended to connect via the dock also do not communicate with the iPhone 5 via Lightning adapter. Specifically, a blood pressure meter from the firm Withings.
Is no longer just the adapter of yore cost 30 euros "" that in perspective, it is a high price for an accessory of its kind ", " or that conditions to the user as it does. To add insult to injury, the compatibility margin it offers is getting smaller and smaller, so the actual usefulness of the adapter is questioned in each new analysis. Given this, the appeal of the proprietary ports that Apple debuts in the iPhone 5 loses integers, despite the fact that Lighting is faster and more comfortable to use than its predecessor.
The controversy is served when there are just a couple of weeks until it is presented, according to the latest rumors, the iPad Mini, which would become the second device of the firm that would install the controversial proprietary port.
As has been seen in recent leaks, the small tablet designed by those from Cupertino would carry this socket at the base, in an arrangement similar to that presented in the iPhone 5, that is, guarded by stereo sound outputs. The fourth tablet that the guys from the Californian multinational would launch on the market could arrive, according to the latest indications, on October 23, and it would do so for prices starting at 250 dollars / euros.
Despite the problems that the iPhone 5 has been registering , its sales have reached successes within the company's records. In the first weekend of release, it reached five million units sold, without users knowing that they were going to find a team that captures photos that may show unwanted purple flashes, has screen problems, generates flickering when use the virtual keyboard at specific times or it performs disastrously when working with its native mapping and geolocation solution.
