While Apple's new Dock Connector for iPhone 5 has been assumed to simply allow for a smaller physical port, the number of pins it uses coincides with the emerging USB 3.0 standard, which supports ...

Late last month, Reuters reported that it had confirmed that the next iPhone will lose the 30-pin connector used since the first iPod in favor of a smaller, space-saving 19-pin connector. If true ...

To make the new iPhone thinner and fit a 4G radio as well, Apple would have to use a smaller dock connector. Currently, the bottom of the iPhone is fully occupied by the 30-pin plug and the ...