Apple iPhone Dock + 4s

Cheetah Designs · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:30

I walked into the apple store yesterday and was told that the iphone 4 dock is the dock I should get for the 4s.

I've never had an iPhone before so I don't know whether this should be the case but the dock is far more fiddly than it should be. The phone feels tight going in and I have to hold the base to get the phone out again.

Is this how it should be and is something I have to deal with?

(I was expecting it to be more like blackberry docks)

Vertigo · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:37

Yeah that sounds fine. Bear in mind that some docks use 'contact points' which the phone just rests on, whilst the iPhone has a connector which goes into the socket on the phone, thus it'll need a bit of a shove to connect and disconnect.

Cheetah Designs · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:40

I didnt expect to have to use 2 hands to remove it....seems a bit crap for apple....especially when you pay £26 for it!

MrMoonX · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:42

oh no not 2 hands

Vertigo · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:46

Well if it was loose enough a connection that you could just lift the phone off the dock with one hand, then cables plugged into the connector would keep falling out.

dav3evans · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:21

Vertigo1 said:
Well if it was loose enough a connection that you could just lift the phone off the dock with one hand, then cables plugged into the connector would keep falling out.

Definitely. An you can still remove it with one hand.. hold the phone with 2/3 fingers and then push down on the dock with pinky/ring finger.

Sounds a bit fiddly yes, but easy enough to get the hang of if your other hand is........busy

charltonfan1 · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:34

You can get perfectly acceptable docks from dealextreme.com for £2-3

Mine arrive today and are the same i.e. tight to insert and remove phone

Karl · 25 Oct 2011 at 12:39

Cheetah Designs said:
Seems a bit crap for apple.

Crapple?

(Sounds perfectly acceptable to have firm contact points to me)

Vertigo · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:14

charltonfan1 said:
You can get perfectly acceptable docks from dealextreme.com for £2-3

Mine arrive today and are the same i.e. tight to insert and remove phone

You can get genuine Apple ones for about £16 too.

If it's that much of a problem, just blutak the dock to the desk.

Cheetah Designs · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:20

Vertigo1 said:
If it's that much of a problem, just blutak the dock to the desk.

Haha - never thought of that - thanks - still a shame I have to do it in the first place.