For Apple iPhone 4 / iPhone 3G 3G-S / iPod Touch 4 4th Generation / iPod Touch 3rd Generation Docking Station + Travel Wall Home Charger + USB Data Cable

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004K031FW
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,184 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
  • #11 in Cell Phones & Accessories > Accessories > Accessory Kits

Product Description

Package includes:Non-OEM 1x Docking Station, 1x Wall Charger, 1x USB Cable

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works, a few minor issues, September 8, 2011

By 

J. Beams "JB" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Apple iPhone 4 / iPhone 3G 3G-S / iPod Touch 4 4th Generation / iPod Touch 3rd Generation Docking Station + Travel Wall Home Charger + USB Data Cable (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I was looking for a small dock primarily to hold my iPhone on my desk at an angle where I could see the screen (and would work better than proping it up with my stapler). This was the best priced product I could find, and the included charger and cable were a bonus.

The good:
- Everything does work. I'm continuing to use my Apple cable connected between the dock and my PC. It charges from the dock and is detected on my PC when I connect it. The included charger and cable also work.

Could be better:
- The analog out in the base seems to be clipping the audio, as if the volume is too high. When I connect it to the base it won't let me control the output volume anymore, so I can't reduce it to avoid the clipping. So when I use the analog out the quality of the audio is significanly reduced. This is somewhat disappointing, but I can still hook up to the phone's headphone jack and get the expected quality (and volume control).
- The base is weighted, but I wish it was a bit heavier. When pressing on the screen sometimes it tips back a bit.

UPDATE 9/27/11:
Worked for a couple weeks, then my phone started not getting a good connection to the charger and would occasionally charge. It seemed related to the rear connector, if I pushed upwards on it then it would start charging then when I released it would stop. So I decided to take the base apart. What I discovered is that the PCB is rather poorly hand soldered, and the design is made as cheap as possible (bending connector pins together to mate with a single pad on the PCB instead of separate PCB pads). I found on mine that the connectors were actually OK, but there was a bad connection between the rear connector on PCB. So I reflowed the solder and it works fine again. The crappy rear audio output is also fixed.
So if you're having intermittent issues with your base, more than likely it's a bad solder job. There's only one resistor on the board that I believe is used to tell the iPhone that there's an external audio device connected to the bottom, the rest is just pass through from one connector to the other (so really nothing else to go wrong).

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looks great, works fine, July 21, 2011

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Ryan - See all my reviews

This review is from: For Apple iPhone 4 / iPhone 3G 3G-S / iPod Touch 4 4th Generation / iPod Touch 3rd Generation Docking Station + Travel Wall Home Charger + USB Data Cable (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I just received my dock, and It does exactly what it says it does. It charges, syncs up with itunes, and the line out jack works. The dock is not an apple product, but the charger does say "apple japan", and the usb cord looks legit and also works perfectly. My only complaint is that the dock doesn't sit flat on the table, it wobbles slightly, but it's not noticeable enough to matter for me. It does sit flat enough that I don't worry my phone may fall over in it, mostly because the dock is weighted. Over all I love it, it does everything that more expensive products do at a ridiculously low price.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly like an official Apple product, July 21, 2011

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Marygaby Fernandez - See all my reviews

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This review is from: For Apple iPhone 4 / iPhone 3G 3G-S / iPod Touch 4 4th Generation / iPod Touch 3rd Generation Docking Station + Travel Wall Home Charger + USB Data Cable (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I've been using the dock for 3 months now and it's working great. The dock itself looks exactly like an Apple product, same good quality. The Travel Wall charger looks a bit rustic, but it's also good, it resembles de Magsafe. I recommend it. It's cheap and it's good. :)