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Apple releases iPhone Lightning Dock for $39

6 points by sashk 11y ago

pppp 11y ago
And it accepts power from.....a lightning connector. Seems like an expensive way to stand your phone up.
dcgoss 11y ago
Groundbreaking technology. I'm overwhelmed by Apple's consistent brilliance and their fresh take on accessories.
- gumby 11y ago
  HN "rules" say I shouldn't upvote snark, so I didn't, but I think you're right on. I like my iPhone and my Mac but jeez, sometimes the drama over the simplest things is over the top...especially when the "innovation" isn't much, if anything.
  - kaolinite 11y ago
    What drama are you talking about? I see no drama at all. There's a bit of marketing copy for a product description, but it's hardly calling it innovative or life changing - it just explains what it can be used for. And if you're referring to the fact that a dock was submitted to HN at all, it's somewhat interesting because Apple hasn't produced docks for a while, and people on HN might be interested. This isn't showing off Apple's engineering or innovative genius or whatever, it's just a courtesy to the Apple customers of HN: here's a new product, you might want it.
    - gumby 11y ago
      Sorry; I didn't mean drama on HN specifically but rather that Apple's pedestrian development is typically received with the same over-the-top accolades that their cool technical development receive (which frankly serves to devalue the technical advancement IMHO). And really, it's hard to find something more pedestrian than a dock, yet there have been about a dozen articles in my RSS feeds. Admittedly they do quite a bit of advanced stuff that's over most of the press's heads (look at the security architecture that protects your fingerprints, or the implementations of their recent CPUs) so I shouldn't complain.
trimble-alum 11y ago
Looks like the Apple dock again suffers from the same, historical rough edges. A likely better alternative: Elevation mentions they will have a redesigned Lightning dock available in a couple weeks: http://www.elevationlab.com/products/elevationdock-for-iphone5 http://www.elevationlab.com/products/elevationdock-for-iphon... (24 previous elevation dock 2's currently on eBay http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=elevation+dock+2 http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=elevation+dock+2 )
- xsmasher 11y ago
  What historical rough edges? Genuinely curious. Looks like the dock you link costs more, and doesn't have the audio out / remote control port that Apple's dock has.

6 points by sashk 11y ago

pppp 11y ago

And it accepts power from.....a lightning connector. Seems like an expensive way to stand your phone up.

dcgoss 11y ago

Groundbreaking technology. I'm overwhelmed by Apple's consistent brilliance and their fresh take on accessories.

gumby 11y ago
HN "rules" say I shouldn't upvote snark, so I didn't, but I think you're right on. I like my iPhone and my Mac but jeez, sometimes the drama over the simplest things is over the top...especially when the "innovation" isn't much, if anything.
- kaolinite 11y ago
  What drama are you talking about? I see no drama at all. There's a bit of marketing copy for a product description, but it's hardly calling it innovative or life changing - it just explains what it can be used for. And if you're referring to the fact that a dock was submitted to HN at all, it's somewhat interesting because Apple hasn't produced docks for a while, and people on HN might be interested. This isn't showing off Apple's engineering or innovative genius or whatever, it's just a courtesy to the Apple customers of HN: here's a new product, you might want it.
  - gumby 11y ago
    Sorry; I didn't mean drama on HN specifically but rather that Apple's pedestrian development is typically received with the same over-the-top accolades that their cool technical development receive (which frankly serves to devalue the technical advancement IMHO). And really, it's hard to find something more pedestrian than a dock, yet there have been about a dozen articles in my RSS feeds. Admittedly they do quite a bit of advanced stuff that's over most of the press's heads (look at the security architecture that protects your fingerprints, or the implementations of their recent CPUs) so I shouldn't complain.

trimble-alum 11y ago

Looks like the Apple dock again suffers from the same, historical rough edges. A likely better alternative: Elevation mentions they will have a redesigned Lightning dock available in a couple weeks: http://www.elevationlab.com/products/elevationdock-for-iphone5 http://www.elevationlab.com/products/elevationdock-for-iphon... (24 previous elevation dock 2's currently on eBay http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=elevation+dock+2 http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=elevation+dock+2 )

xsmasher 11y ago
What historical rough edges? Genuinely curious. Looks like the dock you link costs more, and doesn't have the audio out / remote control port that Apple's dock has.