Apple’s iPhone, iPad and its range of iPods use a 30 pin dock
connector, and now according to a recent report by iMore, Apple is
working on a new micro dock connector.
According to the report,
this would give Apple more space inside future devices, which would
make
room for larger capacity batteries, 4G radios and more.
This
is something that Apple has done before, when the switched from the
industry standard SIM card to a much smaller microSIM card, that other
manufacturers are now starting to adopt.
By switching to the
microSIM card in the iPhone 4, Apple had more space inside the device,
to add in a larger battery to power more components like a larger camera, the Retina display and more, they also moved the antenna to the outside of the device.
The
current 30 pin dock connector in Apple’s device takes up space that
could be used for other components, and we could possibly see this new
micro dock connector in the iPhone 5 this year.
