iPhone 5 adapter - Included or screw the customer?

I will be selling my old and getting phone on contracts to I don't plan on spending any money!! But £120!! No thanks! Maybe a 3rd party!! In the mean time I will relax ;) and wait ;) thanks for your kind words lol ;)

I don't disagree with his logic, just the way he's expressing it. The iDevices will come with a lightning bold cable. But I have car docks, and speaker docs, and medical adapters, etc... also. I would rather buy one for every "dock" so I don't have to carry an adapter from place to place.

BUT, I have no intention of purchasing that many of them...now. I'm content to see what the other major accessory makers will come out with in the next couple weeks. I'm buying what I need...not what I would like to have. I'm sure someone will sell a cheaper adapter and I'll re-evaluate my needs then. And all of it without any drama.

No.... 1 per device!

1 for each iPhone and one for new iPod!

Agreed. My Sure's work pretty well, but I do like the idea of the new ear pods, and am curious to see if I start using them more instead of the Sure headphones I have now.

I agree! But If I upgrade now I have to wait to use some of my docs etc! A little annoying, and for what they probably cost to apple wouldn't break to bank for them to supply 1 with each device!

i dont want to carry around an adapter. I would buy one for each cable. Monoprice will have one pretty soon and i can wait. I still think that the adapter should have been $10 or $15.

Also, if you really think about it, the iphone 5 isn't as important as ios 6. Thus, an iphone 4s will do everything an iphone 5 will do. The 5 is only a little bigger (text will be the same size) and a little faster.

You do realize it's not like a simple USB to Micro-USB converter. There are actually chips in the adapter to allow it to perform almost the same functionality as the 30-pin connector (I say almost, as I am sure there may be some devices that may not have been built to Apple's hardware specs and may not work correctly with the adapter as a result). There is a lot of design and engineering work in creating this thing.

But, since you already know about it, and have not purchased your iDevices yet, it's not like you're stuck with hundreds of dollars of accessories that you didn't know would not work. Give it time. Trust me.

And...Not everyone needs one who is buying an iPhone. I know people that still only use the original cable with their phone. Not an issue for them to not have an adapter. Also, there will be many new buyers who won't need an adapter, as all the existing products may be upgraded to use the new connector, or include their own adapter with the product.

So putting one in every box seems to be a waste of resources, to me personally. I would rather an option to order one discounted or free to those who NEED one for each iOS device the purchased.

tbsp wrote:

(text will be the same size)

...Unless you use a different size text already. ;-)

Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Large Text

I do understand mladd, I appreciate your time. But why do we pay more in uk for the adapter too... I will like you say wait for both iPhone and adapter!

4" screen and lightning... Faster ... Hmmm I dunno if I want it actually lol!!

Well COURSE i do.... I love any apple app!!

Oh and the iPad too, I already have an extension to plug that into doc so that's another adapter when hey bring out the new new iPad lol

I'm with caryrae! Forget the earbuds and give me at least one adaptor. I must have at least twenty Apple earbuds lying around somewhere. It is getting ridiculous!

Ummm wow. Just...wow. And over an adapter. Have a nice life.

Lots of whining about Apple's business pratices - What did you expect? 6 phone model releases in 5 years - one every 10 months on average and you can't wait to give them more of your money If you can afford $600 every 10 months what is another $100 or $200 'cause they made all your periferals obsolete?

Apple customers and their money are soon parted!!