One example was the adoption of gym equipment. When lightening first hit the scene the ability to play or even charge your phone from the equipment, while using the elliptical vanished. There is always something cool about knowing that I was generating my own re-charge power through my work out.
I have a love hate relationship with the lightning connector. I love the fact that it’s reversible. I also love the fact that the connector is smooth and not prone to dents and dings. Micro USB tends
I have a Galaxy S8 with USB type C. I'm underwhelmed. The connector is loose, and it can disconnect from USB if you pick it up from the desk to check something on the phone. I've accidentally not charged my phone overnight because I didn't have the connector in properly. And it's a total mess because you don't know by looking at the connector what it supports. Does it support Thunderbolt-style PCI-e and DisplayPort packets? Does it support analog audio? Does it support USB 2 mode, or only USB 3 mode?
Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Great connector, abysmally poor planning.
I really have to wonder what kinds of bizarre garbage hardware folks are buying where they constantly have problems with USB-C not working. From what I've seen, everything is either a cell phone charger that only works with some subset of cell phones or a laptop charger that works with anything.
Just throw away the Quick Charge junk and stick with standards-compliant hardware, and you basically won't encounter any problems, in my experience, or at least not significant problems. Devices might not charge quite as fast in certain combinations, but that's not the same thing as not working, and that's usually good enough 99% of the time. And of course, if you're buying hardware, it isn't really all that hard to buy stuff that works at fully speed with your device.
Rolling Eyes (Score:2, Interesting)
Most customers want to keep the same connector, because they already have chargers and cables, and sometimes even accessories, for it.
USB-C is better in the long run, but that doesn't make it better now.
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One example was the adoption of gym equipment. When lightening first hit the scene the ability to play or even charge your phone from the equipment, while using the elliptical vanished. There is always something cool about knowing that I was generating my own re-charge power through my work out.
I have a love hate relationship with the lightning connector. I love the fact that it’s reversible. I also love the fact that the connector is smooth and not prone to dents and dings. Micro USB tends
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I have a Galaxy S8 with USB type C. I'm underwhelmed. The connector is loose, and it can disconnect from USB if you pick it up from the desk to check something on the phone. I've accidentally not charged my phone overnight because I didn't have the connector in properly. And it's a total mess because you don't know by looking at the connector what it supports. Does it support Thunderbolt-style PCI-e and DisplayPort packets? Does it support analog audio? Does it support USB 2 mode, or only USB 3 mode?
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Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Great connector, abysmally poor planning.
Re:Rolling Eyes (Score:2)
Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Great connector, abysmally poor planning.
I really have to wonder what kinds of bizarre garbage hardware folks are buying where they constantly have problems with USB-C not working. From what I've seen, everything is either a cell phone charger that only works with some subset of cell phones or a laptop charger that works with anything.
Just throw away the Quick Charge junk and stick with standards-compliant hardware, and you basically won't encounter any problems, in my experience, or at least not significant problems. Devices might not charge quite as fast in certain combinations, but that's not the same thing as not working, and that's usually good enough 99% of the time. And of course, if you're buying hardware, it isn't really all that hard to buy stuff that works at fully speed with your device.