I love how apple’s arrogance is again showing just like their decision back in the 80ies to make every mac dependent on peripherals that were generally incompatible with everyone else….
History does repeat itself…
Iphone 5 users can also enjoy paying $35+ for a cable too… And good luck with getting a third party cable, if they did put a auth/encryption chip in the port….
While Apple doesn’t have any extra Lightning cables to sell for the moment, it’s probably not a good idea to buy third-party cables instead thanks to a chip inside the new connector.
According to Apple Insider, Apple’s Lightning cables contain what looks like authentication chips inside the tiny housing. Those chips are likely the cause for the high price, and could make unauthorized third-party cables unusable.
The authentication chips means third party cables with the chips simply won’t work with the new iPhone 5. The chips lie between the USB power pin and the V+ wire. To the average user that means without the chip, no power will flow from the USB port into the device plugged into the cable.
Lol… At least with a high quality razor, you get a razor and some free blades. Or with an HP printer, you get a cheap printer with a few starter cartridges…
Apple’s managed to convince consumers to bend over for buying the razor…And then bend over again to buy all the accessories around it…. Lol…
