Why Does Apple Still Use a different charger than all other phones?

I was curious as to why Apple is still using a different type of charger than most other brands?

Meg St._Clair wrote:
prattj89 wrote:
I thought in 2009 a law was passed to make every phone in at least the Unites States require a Micro USB charge port.
No, there is no such law in the U.S.
Nor in any of the hundred or so countries where the iPhone is sold, as the iPhone would not be allowed to be sold in those countries if there was such a law.

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In Theory wrote:
Any other ideas that might help this to open, or does Apple feel threatened and is therefore preventing users from accessing the app?
Songbird working exactly how it should here under Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Maybe try uninstalling as per manufacturer's instructions and reinstalling most recent version. I would be hesitant to muck around with a non responsive program as such with Terminal before exploring other Troubleshooting Paths such as other Third Party conflicts. Have you installed any anti-virus software? MacKeeper, Little Snitch or similar? Can you post a crash report. That may help further.But definately working as it should here.
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Why does Apple now force users to provide 3 security questions or use their ridiculous two step verification in order to download from the App Store?

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Those things are nothing new. People were doing that three years ago and Apple felt their security was sufficient then.   I don't have a credit card on file so I'm not worried about anyone getting my credit card info.
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HT204053 Why does Apple kick their old subscribers under the bus? I have an iMac G5 2.1 Computer using Leopard 10.5.8 system, and I am no longer able to renew my MobileMe account, Why? Maybe I should look into PC Computers in the future!

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I dropped my iphone 3gs in water and grabbed it immediately out. It gave me a charger is not supported with device screen every minute or two. I powered it off for the night. I havent experienced problems since. Why does it still work?

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i cannot install apps that are upgraded to ios4. im using iphone 2g 3.1.3 this makes me sad.. why does apple need to updates many apps when we cannot update an iphone 2g anymore..

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why does apple charge more than it is mentioned in the game at the time you buy?

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why does apple not support tethering using giffgaff?

This is a user to user forum so none of us would know.

Why does Apple charge for Apps that are FREE? That's my concern.

Why does Apple charge for Apps that are FREE? That's my concern.

Free means Free....
As both Johnathan and Demo have indicated, if it says Free there is no charge associated with it. If you upgrade to a "Pro" version, or if you do in-app purchases, then it is no longer free....but when you initially install the app, you do not pay anything if it says "Free".
And "Yeah? I'll show you" does not help us to understand what you are talking about. If you want help, then provide specifics and we will help you to figure out your misunderstanding.
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HT3209 Why does apple not allow me to download an hd movie to my pc? Why doesnt apple get it that I simply want to download a hd movie to my computer so that I can repeatedly watch the hd movie via apple tv to my pc as opposed to using isp bandwidth?

See title.

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