If it ain’t broke
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Yeah but sometimes you have to spin it in the jack because it’s making a weird static noise. USB-C is king.
If your port is dirty you also have to do that with usb-c, still tho USB c is king.
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Thanks to the eu, it's unlikely we'll ever have another usb variant. Certainly nothing in the next decade.
Found the apple fanboy.
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There was a time we used it for data.
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE
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Found the apple fanboy.
That's what you get out of that?
I have no problem with usb-c, I won't buy anything that doesn't use it. However, I feel that the EU has set too high of a standard and we're going to get stuck until they revise it.Feel free to argue how if the EU law was applied back when USB-A was top dog, we'd still have made the switch to USB-C but I don't see it.
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USB-c has a bunch of futureproofing in it, like a bunch of pins that aren't used yet. And even without those pins, is supports usb4v2, which has 4 lanes of PCIe 4, and they keep doubling the speed every minor release of usb.
If we get to a point where those other pins are needed in the next decade, I'll be surprised.So unless there is something physically problematic with the connector, like after all this time we suddenly realize that the design causes failure in some common scenario, or material science leaps ahead and the port becomes too large for consumer devices, then it's probably good that they're not making a new standard.
I am not knocking usb-c. It would actually be nice if the standards were move unforced so one could be gauranteed exactly which version they were getting.
My issue is exactly what you're saying about material science and not knowing what might come along and what it would take to overcome the EU standards. I predict they will need to revise the rules before anything would be able to meet the current standards by it'll be 15+ years before we know it.
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It's not loading for me. I thought that was the joke until I read and few comments...
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Just make the usb-c connector a circule and not an oval. I am guessing that the only reasons it isn't circular is thinness (devices are thin and need thin connectors) and manufacturing costs (probably harder to get it circular with all of the inner pins)
Hmm, maybe just use some variation of DIN connector? It's a circle, but keyed to one position, and fairly effortless to plug in the right way without seeing. Also full size DIN connectors are robust as hell and can be easily replaced and rewired.
Hell, my Commodore 64 IEC bus cables still work after decades, and I can't say the same about many USB cables these days.
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My work recently gave me an iPhone - first one I've ever owned - and the lack of a 3.5mm jack just fucking sucks. It makes everything so much less convenient. Bluetooth is so much slower to get going than a simple plug-in pair of cans (or even buds), and then that's another thing with a battery that I have to rely on.
Such a garbage decision. Now I understand what fashion truly is, I guess.
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I am not knocking usb-c. It would actually be nice if the standards were move unforced so one could be gauranteed exactly which version they were getting.
My issue is exactly what you're saying about material science and not knowing what might come along and what it would take to overcome the EU standards. I predict they will need to revise the rules before anything would be able to meet the current standards by it'll be 15+ years before we know it.
I think we're more likely to go fully wireless before there is enough progress in material science to make phones too slim for USB-C while also being sturdy enough for everyday use of the average person.
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Hmm, maybe just use some variation of DIN connector? It's a circle, but keyed to one position, and fairly effortless to plug in the right way without seeing. Also full size DIN connectors are robust as hell and can be easily replaced and rewired.
Hell, my Commodore 64 IEC bus cables still work after decades, and I can't say the same about many USB cables these days.
inb4: people try to connect them by jamming and twisting, bending the pins into a spiral and then pushing even harder causing them to break off.
