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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Actually Samsung is using the new industry standard PDMI. That was agreed upon by many different companies and while it looks similar to Apple's the connections are totally different. My Dell phone also has a PDMI connector (though I wish they would have used mini or microUSB, it would be much easier to buy replacement cables.
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Really? Wikipedia say that actually is it a non-standard, incompatible, adaptation of PDMI:
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It also has a 30-pin docking and charging connector very similar to the standard PDMI connector (a non-proprietary alternative to Apple's docking connector). It appears so similar to the PDMI connector that it is widely mistaken for it, but it is non-standard and all accessories, including charging cables, are incompatible with other equipment and only available from Samsung
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So a group got together to produce a copy of the Apple dock connector, then Samsung produced a slightly different copy of that.
Edit: Some pictures from an Android forum post:
First is Galaxy connector and dell Streak PDMI connector:
Second is Galaxy connector and Apple connector:
Which does it look more like to you?
[Edit edit: pictures were too big, you can find them
here]