On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 4:00:57 PM UTC-4, Falafel Balls wrote:
On 1/8/2023, Alan Browne wrote:
Agree the Lightning had a huge advantage over micro-usb, being reversible.
Competition is good because that forced USB-C to become the standard it is.
Yes - I certainly like them on my SO's MBA and will have them on my new Mac (this fall? TBD) - need to see what Apple is doing this fall.
Agree with you that at the time the lightning connector first came out, it was much better than the micro and mini usb connectors - but USB-C is the standard for most devices today - so I'm looking forward to the new iPhones having the standard connector everything else already uses.
I'm not. YMMV, but I've already had one Windows laptop give up the ghost when the USB-C port failed, largely because of plug/unplug cycles due to it being moved
and docked for telework vs office during CoVid. Plus since USB-C is going to also
be a female port on the device, it is also going to be vulnerable to collecting up
"pocket grunge" when used on a small pocketed device such as a smartphone.
As such, it will need to be able to be cleaned without breaking it...good luck with
that male post inside.
-hh
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