Reviews for Apple iPhone 3G Dock

I received this as a gift and can't believe that apple wasn't forward thinking enough to design it for use with protective cases. In order to use it I have to remove my case.

87 of 148 people found this useful

actually i perfer this over the universal dock i mean this dock is perfect fit nothing wrong i can still listen to music with the dock on and all that other stuff it never disconnects or anything very good

24 of 42 people found this useful

Dock is fine in every respect, accept that volume can only be controlled using volume knob on the powered speakers connected to the dock.

What's up with that?

I bought the dock for looks and convenience for my desk at work.

I have the universal dock at home, which comes with a remote and outputs video. I believe I have the option of controlling volume on the phone or with the remote.

I am very surprised that it appears that the volume control on the phone is disengaged when the phone is in the dock and the dock is connected to powered speakers via the audio out port on the dock.

That's not the case with the universal dock (but who wants to spend $50 even a first time much less a second time for a dock); or when the phone is in the dock but the speakers are connected via the phone's headphone port (which set-up is pretty ugly-looking).

Hopefully, there is a correction for what i am experiencing or I suspect I will be taking the dock back.

45 of 70 people found this useful

best thing you can buy! i have two of them one for home and one for office. just plug in and your done

50 of 80 people found this useful

I bought this dock, pluged my iPhone 3G, then a message showed like "This accesory is not made for iPhone, would you like to turn Airplane Mode?". So it charges when on the dock but there's no sound (music or sms tone).

47 of 60 people found this useful

I picked up the 3G dock thinking I could charge my phone in the dock and plug in the "travel cable" that also charges the iPhone Bluetooth Headset. Same connector on the cable that goes to the back of the dock which holds the phone. But alas no, in order to charge the Apple BT headset, it has to be plugged into the travel cable which has to be plugged directly into the iPhone. Adding the dock into the mix severs and pairing/charging capabilities of the travel cable.

In my mind, that makes the dock useless for my purposes. It is now disconnected and collecting dust. If you want to charge your iPhone vertically and have an extra cable, I still don't think this dock is worth the time/money.

37 of 47 people found this useful

OK, you know going into this ridiculous purchase that you are paying $30 for nothing more than a plastic stand without cables or a charger, but you at least expect that when you do spend your money buying the necessary cables, they will work.

Not so. This dock does not pass video from the iPhone to your $50 Apple AV cable. It also will only pass audio through another cable connected to the line out port.

Just like buying a docking station for your laptop computer, it would be nice to be able to have all cables connected to the dock that provides a simple way to get power, audio and video. Unfortunately with this dock, you need to have multiple cables, and you will need to switch out the cables based on the intended function . . . oh, and you still won't get video through the dock.

Only other comments would be that if the dock were deeper, I would be less concerned about snapping off the connector . . . there is no support for the iPhone other than the little connector, and that BLACK should be an option since the phones are black.

86 of 96 people found this useful

works like any other dock and makes life a little easier, the cons about it, is that it does not come with a cable and the price of this is a little bit then i would like this is worth but in the end its exactly what i wanted and works great

22 of 30 people found this useful

I really like the looks of this dock and the way my 3G sits in it. When I bought this I didn't realize I still had to use the cable that came with my iPhone.

I had planned on using this with my iMac in the house and using the cable that came with my iPhone in my car with it's built in AC port so I wouldn't have to take the cable from house to car every time.

I would think being a desk top accessory it would have a cable hard-wired into it, especially for $29, I feel kinda let down Steve that it looks as if I still have to buy an additional $19 cable. If I had known this I would have just bought a 2nd cable instead of the dock.

113 of 119 people found this useful