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>Ideology has trumped engineering, and as hackers, you shouldn't tolerate it. Exactly. It turned out Apple's Lightning is actually inferior to a standard Micro
by esolyt 14y ago
>Ideology has trumped engineering, and as hackers, you shouldn't tolerate it.
Exactly. It turned out Apple's Lightning is actually inferior to a standard MicroUSB + MHL.
- ricardobeat 14y ago> The Samsung Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II use a connector that is similar to the original 5-pin MHL-HDMI adapter/dongle, but it uses 11-pins in order to achieve a few functional improvements over the 5-pin design standard, you say?
- bilbo0s 14y agoIn what way do you believe (Lightning) is inferior? and in what way do you believe (MicroUSB + MHL) is 'standard'? Serious questions.
- blinkingled 14y agoBoth Micro USB and MHL seem to be industry standards - ref Wikipedia. Lot of vendors seem to putting out cheaper Micro USB to MHL adapters - so even if (Micro USB->MHL) may not be a standard it is at least built on two standards and proprietary licensing / approval seems to be unnecessary for vendors. Also most MHL adapters seem to do 1080p - the Lightning one seems to do 720p badly if we are to believe Apple store reviewers.
- smackfu 14y agoThe sad thing is that Lightning is even inferior to the Apple 30 pin connector for this use. You get better video out on an iPhone 4S than a brand new iPhone 5, and the connector is $10 less and has a pass thru so you can charge it at the same time.