How things have changed. Five years ago, Apple shipped every iPhone with a dock; now, they claim that no one uses one, and aren’t offering an official iPhone 5 dock at all.
Luckily, you now have an option. Coming in an attractive hardwood version or a choice of either regular or black aluminum, the Lightning Dock is a no-fuss, no-frills dock that works with or without a case and depends on the incredible strength of the new Lightning Connector to keep the iPhone upright.
It also works with the new fifth-generation iPod touch, and it’s pretty cheap: the hardwood version will only cost you $24.95, while the aluminum version is $10 more. That’s without an included Lightning cable: if you want them to ship you one, it’ll cost $20 more.
Source: Lightning Dock
Via: iMore
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
8 responses to “The Lightning Dock Is The iPhone 5 Dock Apple Won’t Sell You”
I want to see an iPad docking with the tiny lightning port. Will be interesting.
Looks like the connector could snap off easily and then stay lodged in the phone.
Interesting that they’ll sell you a lightning cable for $20. That’s basicaly at cost.
No need to worry. They say it’s strong enough but offer a back rest for those who want it.
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0184/1236/products/TLD-Anodized-Aluminum-ortho-backing_grande.jpg?1025
I like the Completdock on Kickstarter much better. It’s more rigid and has better support plus it fits my iPad.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1610299429/complete-dock-the-best-ipad-dock-and-more
Do not do business with this company. I placed my order on October 5th when shipping was advertised to be 7-10 days. On October 19th I received and email that shipping was pushed by 2-3 weeks, now I just received another email yesterday that shipping was pushed back an additional 7-10 days. I replied that the new shipping estimate was unacceptable and that my money be refunded immediately. I have not heard back from them yet.
I ordered this in October.
I got an email last week stating I could get a refund as the wood model I ordered wasn’t available or they could send the aluminum at no extra charge not would ship next week…
Well today I get another email saying I could get 15% off the aluminum or a refund.
I asked what gives, and they send a refund without answering.
I then get an email saying to follow today’s email (ie last weeks email was for nothing).
Bummed to have no dock after eagerly awaiting it all this time, and that I showed my friends and they ordered from them.
sadly the company is not quite ready for prime time. I ordered like everyone else, got the email explaining they couldn’t ship, then another email giving my money back with no way to order any of the products.