I cant wait to get my iPhone 3Gs but I really hate how apple is to cheap to include the dock. My V1 came with on and i used it every single day. Helps keep you from scratching the back of it. Now im going to have to pay 30 dollars for a piece of plastic. How can they charge that much?
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How can Apple justify $30 for a dock?
- Thread starter RKilbane20
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Might want to check on eBay first before you go out and buy one. I was able to get a brand new one for only $10.
Nobody is forcing me to buy anything. I love my dock now and this one does fit in the 3G one. Ill check ebay
Simple Answer: Because they can.
I bought one today to have for my 3GS in a week!
another simple answer. Because me and other people will still most likely buy it.
Last year people talked about how they could take a knife to the V1 dock and make it fit. You can do that. But I use my dock everyday, all the time, so the $30 is worth it.
Maybe you'd be better off getting a universal dock and then you'll always know it will fit.
Maybe you'd be better off getting a universal dock and then you'll always know it will fit.
It's the same way they can charge $2500 for a Mac Pro, because they can and people WILL pay the price.
Sadly true.
...says the proud owner of a shiny new 3G dock that's going to be mighty lonely for another 7 days.
At least they include the USB power adapter with the phone.
They can justify it because people like you will run out and pay the rediculous price to buy it.
I passed on the wall charger for my ipod touch because the damn thing was $30. Apples prices are insane. I found the same apple brand charger on ebay for $10.
400 dollars plus tax. just because they are subsidized doesn't mean they shouldn't include them
Why not order on eBay? $9.95 + free shipping in US.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPhone-3G...66:2|39:1|72:1199|240:1317|301:0|293:1|294:50
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPhone-3G...66:2|39:1|72:1199|240:1317|301:0|293:1|294:50
and $30 for the ac block charger, essentially $50 for a complete Apple charger
GEEZUS!What a waste of money! Just get the Griffin Air Curve for $15 (free shipping with super saver shipping at Amazon)... it's even a sound amplifier.
http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-AirCu..._1_1?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&qid=1244870846&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-AirCu..._1_1?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&qid=1244870846&sr=8-1
I freaking hate that. My little brother bought a dozen or so chinese knock-offs from the internets and they actually work. About a buck a piece too. He's going to get more, he says they're going to be stocking stuffers this xmas.
I wanted an iPod dock to match the Seagate HDD dock I have on my desk so I could rival some of the setups on "Post your setup part (x)" but they want $50. eBay seems to be full of chinese crap and those idiots that decided to start their own online business selling the same stuff for the same price in twelve different auctions.
if youre gonna buy a new dockstation with your own money, think about the universal dock that fits all the iphones, ipods and probably will fit the 4th gen iphone as well.
what you can find for 10-15$ on ebay isnt the original but the only difference is an alert message everytime you connect your device, its still sync and charge (with 2.2.1, i dont know about 3.0) and its cost quarter of the original.
when i say universal dock, i mean only the ones that include adapters\inserts, like that:
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what you can find for 10-15$ on ebay isnt the original but the only difference is an alert message everytime you connect your device, its still sync and charge (with 2.2.1, i dont know about 3.0) and its cost quarter of the original.
when i say universal dock, i mean only the ones that include adapters\inserts, like that:
Is this the "official" Apple Dock?
What about a generic brand like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/For-Iphone-iPod...6:4|39:1|72:1234|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:200
I am actually looking for:
1. A dock with an audio out that I can connect to speakers (I figure this is probably the cheaper and best way)
2. A dock/speaker combo.
Thanks.