{"id":1424,"date":"2012-09-19T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:25","slug":"apples-vp-of-marketing-says-no-dock-for-iphone-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/apples-vp-of-marketing-says-no-dock-for-iphone-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#039;s VP of Marketing, Says No Dock For iPhone 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1330\" style=\"width: 161px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1330\" title=\"Apple's VP of Marketing, Says No Dock For iPhone 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-logo.gif\" alt=\"Apple's VP of Marketing, Says No Dock For iPhone 5\" width=\"161\" height=\"107\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1330 lazyload\" title=\"Apple's VP of Marketing, Says No Dock For iPhone 5\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20161%20107%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Apple's VP of Marketing, Says No Dock For iPhone 5\" width=\"161\" height=\"107\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-logo.gif\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Courtesy of Apple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb10\">You read the title right, we have learned today that Apple will not be manufacturing a dock for the iPhone 5, something that they did do for older version for iPhone 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Why? That&#8217;s because according to Philip Schiller, Apple\u2019s Senior Vice President of Marketing &#8211; most people who use docks use them with speaker or clock systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">This statement was made in an email to customer on 18th September, and as we can tell this is a legitimate email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong>So what&#8217;s the alternative?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">You&#8217;re in luck because we expect that third party companies and manufacturers will jump on this opportunity that Apple have left them. A few of these companies are already making head-way in reproducing that expensive Lightning cable that comes with the iPhone 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Here is a copy of the email that Philip sent:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Apple's VP of Marketing, Says No Dock For iPhone 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120918-224908.jpg\" alt=\"Apple's VP of Marketing, Says No Dock For iPhone 5\" width=\"661\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120918-224908.jpg 661w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120918-224908-300x122.jpg 300w, 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