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Standards world is finally catching up with Apple
tdenson
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This is probably old news but I've only just noticed there is a new USB cable in the works which is reversible -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28771578
I'm sure there must have been good reasons but I never understood why the world moved from the mini USB to the the micro one. It was only marginally smaller, but at least with the mini you could tell at a glance which way to insert it. Those of us who need reading glasses for fine work struggle to do the same with the micro.
Personally, I love the lightning connector, particularly when plugging things in in the car, I can connect to my phone without having to look down while driving.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28771578
I'm sure there must have been good reasons but I never understood why the world moved from the mini USB to the the micro one. It was only marginally smaller, but at least with the mini you could tell at a glance which way to insert it. Those of us who need reading glasses for fine work struggle to do the same with the micro.
Personally, I love the lightning connector, particularly when plugging things in in the car, I can connect to my phone without having to look down while driving.
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which you shouldn't be doing at all whilst driving.
It's a total nightmare!!!! I have a drawer full of USB leads with different sizes - including a Panasonic Lumix camera one which seems unique!
Just hope the new ones are as strong as the old micro USB (never broken one yet even though I can connect it and disconnect it well over 10 times a day being in and out the car a lot for work).
Totally agree, micro USB is the stupidest design cable out there, not only is it difficult to get it plugged in, it's even more difficult because different phones use different orientations, one phone model will be longer side up, the next one is longer side down to plug in.
The people who really like it are repair technicians who get to repair the phones of users who have mangled the port by pushing the cable in the wrong way ;-).
Do you have experience of it being a problem then?
The USB connector on my samsung is the only one I've had break (the phone, not the cable).
It's still pretty bad though. The Micro USB 3 connector is even more ridiculous. Type C is what microUSB should have been.
Yup. Ipad cable broke twice. In fact most people I know who have one have had the cable break.
Never had any issues with mini or micro usb.
As usual you seem to have had awful bad luck with something Apple. In my family I think there are 7 lightning devices and probably 20 cables. Not one has failed.
The cable and the connector are separate things though.
Then you're extremely lucky.
I've had every iPhone since the 3G. I used the same 30pin connector right the way through to the 4s. Never bothered with the new ones. Just left them in the box as spares. That same 30pin connector is now used to charge my iPod Classic.
Since I've had an iPhone 5 I've gone through 6 lightening cables. I wouldn't mind if it got ragged about. It sits plugged in to the plug next to my bed. When I get into bed I put the phone on charge. Yet six of them have failed.
My brother has an iPhone 5, and my mum has an iPhone 5 and iPad Air. None of the lighting connectors have broken.
I'm not suggesting that others haven't had connectors break, but it hasn't been my experience.
If they are not Apple originals then I would seriously question your supplier
You do realise the topic is about the microUSB port and the lightning port?
The fact your aftermarket cables were poor (even if a genuine cable was poor) doesn't change the fact the microUSB port is a very poor design.
A friend of mine runs a phone repair business, we had a conversation about this recently, he repairs microUSB ports in quite large numbers, he has never been asked to repair a broken Lightning port.
Is it just about ports? Surely they have invented the cable to go into said port.
And why exactly do you claim my cables were aftermarket? They were in fact original cables..bit daft to just assume that...
They are apple originals.
Well they were but I have up after the 5th replacement and got one from Amazon which has outlasted all the apple ones so far.
You have a cable which you leave plugged in next to your bed, and you just plug the connector into your phone at night and disconnect it in the morning. Not one, not two, but six cables have broken based on this very ordinary and light use. And you think other people are lucky, rather than you being bizarrely, freakishly unlucky?
In what way did they fail?
Cheap and cheerful usb any day, cost me 50 quid in cables.
Any recommendations appreciated.
It is just about ports.
And yet as usual, nothing apple has ever failed on you. Yet everything Android has just never worked properly for you.
To be honest, why you are saying this when apple cables have never been very much up to scratch quality wise is even more odd. The lightning cables are terrible. From just stopping working for no apparent reason to corrosion which has been plaguing a lot of users. The ports however are pretty rugged.
If you go to buy a usb - lightning cable, the reviews are absolutely terrible. One star!