iPhone 3G - Not Chargeable In The Car

By Craig Agranoff  August 6th, 2008

Yesterday I walked by the Apple store in Boca Raton, Florida and was shocked to see no line out the door finally.  I proceeded in and asked if they had the new iPhone 3G in stock, and they did!  Since there are reviews already throughout the entire world on the actual iPhone, I will not be repetitive and review it again.  Especially since I had to go back to the store 3 times to try and figure out why my phone kept locking up.  What I want to focus on here is the car charger.  When I bought my car, I was psyched to find that it came with a built in iPhone/iPod connection.  This connection was supposed to play and charge my devices.  It has been working beautifully for the last 4 months.  That was until I got my new iPhone 3G!

Upon plugging in my new iPhone 3G, I was greeted with a crazy message on the screen informing me that my phone would not charge with this adapter. I initially thought it could be a firmware problem.  Upon reading some message boards this is not likely a firmware issue. It appears that my older iPhone (the original one) charged via a Firewire pin out.  The new 3G can only support USB 2.0, which means it totally breaks compatibility with many of Apples other devices.  This 16gb iPhone I got, was something I was looking forward to using.  My previous 4gb iPhone only help upwards to 450 songs, so this new model with 4 times the memory should hold 1800+ songs.  Although it still holds the songs, I will never be able to play them all through my car, without burning the battery out during a long trip.

It is shocking that Apple wouldn’t discover this problem during developement.  If this was a ploy by Apple to make us purchase new adapters, it is a pretty adolescent move.  Spending $318.00 to upgrade my phone, and having me locked into another 2 year contract should have been enough.  Thumbs down Apple!

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    update you phone, that seems to be working for some users
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    I updated the phone, and then I lost the use of all the apps I downloaded. I had to re-install them all. So far it has not been a pleasurable switch over for me.
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    Oh, and the charger still does not work
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    test
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    nice little feature, but what I like the most is all those extra soft. you can get for the phone, ok also wallpapers, example here http://www.desktopexchange.com/gallery/Iphone_w... but mostly the software.
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    I agree... We are all doing things on the move. Certainly I am not going to buy a adapter for charging purposes.
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