Techradar reports that Apple will break from tradition by not releasing an official dock to accompany the new iPhone 5, according to the company's marketing chief

Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Marketing, revealed in an email reply to an inquisitive and expectant customer, that no plans were in place.We do not plan on making a dock for the iPhone 5. Most people who use docks use them with speaker or clock systems, he wrote.Apple has released a dock for each of its iPhones to date. They can be used to charge the phone, sync with a computer or connect to an external speaker.

  No Apple-made dock for the iPhone 5, says Schiller