iPhone 5 (and new Touch) has totally new dock connector - 'Lightning' - adapters available but...

Guys, I did try searching on 'iPhone5' and 'iPhone 5' - no luck - feel free to ignore this if its been posted elsewhere. That chunky CLAS stack just got a little chunkier with the requirement for an adapter. I can only assume that the '19 pin-to-30 pin' adapter will still work with the CLAS and other devices which bypass the iPhone DAC. 

Per Mac Rumors - 

The dock connector has been replaced with a smaller/thinner connector, so existing accessories and cables won't work. You will have to either buy an adapter or all new accessories if you are upgrading from an existing iPhone.

http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-5/

Adapter news:

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/07/apple-to-offer-adapter-for-iphone-5-smaller-19-pin-dock-connector.html

The iPhone 5 will be available to US customers this week. Please don't shoot the messenger.  

Cant say I like the look of this pre-release photo - unlike the image above, it has the headphone jack at the bottom of the iPhone :

Commonsense dictates that you wont be listening via the headphone-out with your LOD/CLAS etc connected, but I don't see what the problem was with having the headphone out at the top of the phone. Much easier to listen with the thing on Shuffle in a pocket/satchel etc. Presumably Apple will make the same changes to the next generation of the Touch - no idea what they will do with the other models but ditching the 30-pin connector is reportedly due to the number of obsolete pins in the old connector. 

Mac Rumors has 'Dont Buy' recommendations on the entire iPod range - all are due for an upgrade in Sept-Oct. Could be a perfect storm for LOD cable makers - granted, adapters will be available, but given a choice I would prefer a seamless connection to the new dock connector, particularly if I was about to hand over serious money for a LOD cable.  

Probably not much of a big deal for those with their rigs in place, but newbies are constantly coming into the hobby and wanting to know what a LOD is and where to get one. I expect that we will see a new range of LODs and the odd 'this cable doesnt seem to fit my iDevice' post - as you said, we will know more on the 12th, 

I don't think so - like the Mac Mini, reports of the Classic's death have been greatly exaggerated.   

(still not happy that they saw fit to remove the optical drive from the Mini, btw, but that's probably a topic for another thread)

rasmushorn, I detailed the reason earlier in this thread- the 30-pin connector contains obsolete hookups : fairly obvious if they were able to pare it down to 19 pins. Of course, the pins that Apple decides are 'obsolete' may not be the pins you feel are obsolete, but you need to take that up with Apple. Good luck. 

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Originally Posted by Dyaems 

thats what apple usually do, right? look at those older mac systems. you cant install their latest models for it so that customers are forced to buy new mac computers =(

Lets be fair here - you cant run Windows 7/8 on a 486 - I'm sure there are masochists out there who have tried, but most people accept that each new operating system advance is more resource hungry than the last. Even Linux distros have a degree of bloat out-of-the-box that many greybeards from the Unix days would have considered outrageous.  We are dangerously close to a religious discussion, so I'll leave it there. 

Please post a photo of Win7 running on your 'gazillion year old' computer. I'm not even sure you were around when the x86 series ruled the desktop.