iPhone and iPod Touch Hardware Cables and Docks Apple iPhone 3G Dock

Apple iPhone 3G Dock

Written by Philip Roy October 22, 2008

4.3 (1)

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Cost	$45.00 NZD
Suitable For	iPhone 3G
Company	Apple
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Specifically designed for iPhone 3G, this dock gives it an elegant place to call home on a desk or in the living room. With the iPhone 3G Dock, you get easy access to a USB port for syncing or charging and an audio line out port for connecting to powered speakers. You can even conduct speakerphone calls with your iPhone 3G in its dock.

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Overall rating:		4.3
Ease of Use:		4.0
Help/Support Material:		5.0
Value for Money:		4.0

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You can always tell an Apple packaged product and this was no exception. The packaging is minimalist but well done. I was pleased to see an instruction book included also.

Compared to the other dock I’ll review shortly (Universal dock with FM transmitter), this one has less of a front ‘lip’ (if I can call it that) meaning the iPhone not only felt it had a bit more room, but it also slipped into the dock with little or no effort. Basically the front of the dock is open more than the Universal dock, so you also see more of the iPhone (not that much gets hidden with the other one).

The audio jack didn’t have an issue with my speakers, however I seemed to find no way of controlling the audio output from the iPhone. This meant in my case, with a large subwoofer that is also the amplifier hidden at the back of my iMac, I was having to jump up and reach back for the well hidden volume on the speaker system, which was a complete pain. Attach the dock to a stereo and this wouldn’t be an issue.

I found the form of this dock, the nice soft underlay of it, nicer than the other model I looked at. In testing with the cases that I have, the dock did not allow the phone to be used with the Crystal case, nor the Agent18 case. And this is where I realised that I hadn’t done enough reading....again.

I’m keen to use the Agent18 case, but the dock adaptor that the Agent18 case comes with isn’t for all Apple docks (yes, I know, I’m naive) but only the universal dock from Apple...which I’ve now had to order.

So in short, great dock for those using the iPhone 3G only. It fits well and feels ‘made for’ the iPhone (blindingly obvious statement there) but you will have issues if your iPhone uses any sort of case that doesn’t allow access to this dock...for which, I strongly suggest, you read very very carefully.

Overall rating:		4.3
Ease of Use:		4.0
Help/Support Material:		5.0
Value for Money:		4.0

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Reviewed by Philip Roy
October 22, 2008
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