Ipad air Smart case and lightning 30 pin cable.

I have heard, that the hole of the lightning conector in the smart case is too little for the connector. Is it right?


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Posted on Dec 15, 2013 3:02 PM

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Dec 15, 2013 4:05 PM in response to javierfrombarcelona

There's no such thing as a "lightning-30 pin cable". There's the original 30-pin charge/sync cable meant for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Gen iPads. The new Lightning port & matching cable (8-pin reversable) is on the iPad 4th Gen, iPad mini, iPad mini Retina & iPad Air (and any iPads in the near future).


That being said, the Smart Case that has the smaller cutout for the Lightning port is only meant for the iPad Air. The Smart Cases for the iPad 2nd, 3rd & 4th Gen have the 30-pin connector cutout which will easily accomodate the Lightning connector of the 4th Gen iPad since the cutout is larger rather than smaller.


The only Smart Case (for the full-size iPads) with the Lightning connector cutout is for the iPad Air. This Smart Case will only fit the iPad Air and no other full-size iPad.


Summary:


iPad Air Smart Case: cutout for Lightning port, only compatible with iPad Air (different size)

iPad 2, 3, 4 Gen Smart Case: cutout for 30-pin Charge/Sync cable (will also work with smaller Lightning port 4th Gen iPad)

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Ipad air Smart case and lightning 30 pin cable.

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