The way it should look…

ByMike Moffit

I’ve worked here for over 5 years and the iPhone 5 was my first iPhone (I know). When I got my iPhone 5 the first two things I wanted was AppleCare+, I’ve broken the glass on my iPad 2 three times now, and a dock. I drove all the way to the Apple store in Nashua NH, at the time we were unable to sell AppleCare+, to register my phone with AppleCare. I asked the associate for AppleCare and to point me in the direction of the new iPhone 5 docks. “There isn’t an iPhone 5 dock.” WHAT, I was shocked.

I know it’s not a ground breaking accessory, but it’s Apple, it just didn’t look right in the multiple third party ones I tried. Finally the iPhone 5S brought along the new lightning dock! As expected it looks amazing, clean, slim and of course white, contrasting nicely with my black (not Space Gray) iPhone 5.

It also has one feature that I’ve always liked: line-out. This allows you to plug in a stereo or desktop speaker system into the back of the dock. The key feature is that it disables the volume control of the device, meaning the speaker system volume is the only control, producing a cleaner sound over the stereo. Get yours now at smalldog.com

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