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Whilst compliance with the European Initiative [1] is voluntary, I find it hard to believe that without the EU proposing the Initiative (presumably with an impl
by wycx 10y ago
Whilst compliance with the European Initiative [1] is voluntary, I find it hard to believe that without the EU proposing the Initiative (presumably with an implied threat of a non-voluntary initiative), that phone manufacturers would all have magically chosen to optimise profit by employing standard micro USB.
I vividly recall the days of smartphones with custom variants of usb cables.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply
- comboy 10y agoSorry, I wasn't awary of this Initiative. I still would say that it is in best manufacturers interest and they would switch, just like now they are switching to USB-C, but maybe I am wrong after all.
- stuaxo 10y agoIt was the wild west of cables. Samsung / LG etc were the worst with cables you couldn't even use with different models. Nokia + Sony were the best as theirs worked for all their respective phones + later nokia switched to USB micro. The standards change made everything so much better!