Apple iPhone 5 connector to make accessories obsolete

[Jazzy]

Apple will annoy millions of iPhone owners by including a new, smaller connector in the next version of its iconic device, rendering current accessories potentially obsolete, two sources have confirmed.



The iPhone 5, Apple's next generation iPhone expected to go on sale around October, will come with a 19-pin connector port at the bottom instead of the proprietary 30-pin port to make room for the earphone moving to the bottom, the sources said.



It would mean the new phone would not connect with the myriad of accessories such as speakers and power chargers that form part of the ecosystem around iPods, iPads and iPhones, without an adaptor.

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Wonder how this will affect the sales of this iPhone.

 

[JetWing34]

Does that make the iPhone 4S, packed with the girl named Siri, useless?