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Old 28-09-2012, 02:16
mjdj1689
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Just a question , no doubt soon the plugs and charging leads will be hitting ebay ? is there any diiference to the plugs and leads the Apple sell at a massive hike in price ? or is it just the build quality ?
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Old 28-09-2012, 08:29
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I wouldn't risk a generic cable yet. There are lots of reports flying around that they will not work because they cannot reproduce a chip that is contained in the genuine cable
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Old 28-09-2012, 10:14
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I'm not sure that it's because they can't reproduce a chip. I'm sure they can - but they might not bother.

The new Apple dock connector is digital only. There is no analogue output. The Apple adaptor also contains a DAC so that the digital output is converted to analogue to let it connect to speakers etc.
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Old 28-09-2012, 10:23
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There aren't cheap thunderbolt cables yet for the very same reason. Multiple chips that aren't cheap to replicate.
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Old 28-09-2012, 10:29
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it's weird that you can already get the internal parts for it but not the charging cable.
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