Belkin reveals new 12-port Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock

Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock

The new Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock has a multitude of port types and can be daisy-chained with other Thunderbolt accessories.

Users can connect multiple devices, 4K displays, Ethernet, and use an SD card with the Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock. It has 90W of Power Delivery for the attached computer and accessories.

The dock supports up to one 8K monitor or two 4K monitors. And thanks to Thunderbolt 4, it has 40Gbps of data transfer bandwidth.

It has the following ports:

SD Card Reader
Aux headphone jack
USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 port with Fast Charging PD 3.0
Thunderbolt 4 port to Computer
Power in
One Thunderbolt 4 port to accessories
Gigabit Ethernet
Two USB-A 3.1 ports
Two USB-A 2.0 ports

Customers can purchase the Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock directly from the Belkin website. It is priced at $399.99 and includes a 0.8m Thunderbolt 4 cable and 120W power supply.

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20 Comments

randywalker

said about 2 years ago

That’s over $100 more expensive than the more flexible OWC Dock that has the just one less USB-C 3.2 port. (+2 TB4, +1 USB3, -2 HDMI, -1 USB2, -1 USB3C). I don’t think that one port is worth the premium.

netrox

said about 2 years ago

I am amazed there's no USB-C hub. I don't want USB-A, I don't want HDMI, I just want all USB-C ports. All modern devices use USB-C. Why are there no USB-C hub?

HobeSoundDarryl

said about 2 years ago

Where are these "all" (modern devices using USB-C ports) beyond Apple-branded tech?

"All" much better applies to USB-A with only some, relatively select devices (not from Apple) having a USB-C connection. If manufacturers go exclusively USB-C, many of their buyers won't have a computer to use them (unless it's a very new computer). However, if they offer USB-A, pretty much any computer from the last 2 decades will be able to directly connect. The world beyond our relatively tiny Mac bubble is enormous.

If the makers of such things believed there was a market, there would be many such hubs already available. Instead, there are hubs to connect to the computer with USB-C but then, like this one, the jacks for connecting things to the hub go with the much more "universal" type A port.

I fully appreciate the sentiment and can appreciate the ideal world of "one port to rule them all" but it seems we are still far from that ideal. Maybe in 10-15 years when pretty much everyone has turned over their computers a few more times.

john-useless

said about 2 years ago

netrox said:

I am amazed there's no USB-C hub. I don't want USB-A, I don't want HDMI, I just want all USB-C ports. All modern devices use USB-C. Why are there no USB-C hub?

Have you seen the CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 Element Hub? It's got four Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports and four USB-A ports. I've got one for my M1 Mac mini.

crowley

said about 2 years ago

netrox said:

I am amazed there's no USB-C hub. I don't want USB-A, I don't want HDMI, I just want all USB-C ports. All modern devices use USB-C. Why are there no USB-C hub?

https://ezq.com/usb-c-gen-2-hub-adapter-7-ports.html