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I wonder how strong the Type-C connector is, especially to off-axis abuse. The 3.5mm is a pretty solid piece of metal, and the part that usually breaks is the
by chiph 10y ago
I wonder how strong the Type-C connector is, especially to off-axis abuse. The 3.5mm is a pretty solid piece of metal, and the part that usually breaks is the solder connection from the internal jack to the circuit board. And this is easy to repair. I suspect a damaged Type-C jack will not only be unrepairable, it will leave you with a phone that can't be recharged (can't even be used as a phone anymore).
- wepple 10y agoyeah, USB/lightning in general have never really been designed for being tumbling around in my pocket/backpack while connected, like my headphone jack has learnt to expect.
- arrrg 10y agoWeren’t they? Honest question! They are both definitely recent enough that a use case like that must have been considered during their design. I don’t know whether that was considered, but you seem quite sure about that and I don’t know where you get your certainty from and I would like to know.
- weichbild 10y agoMy experience with 3.5mm jacks has been the opposite: every failure has either left the tip, ring, and/or sleeve in the jack, or broke solder joints on a multi-layered and typically unrepairable board. Or in the case of laptops, a failed microswitch for optical output failing and rendering it likewise unusable. Granted, Lightning and USB-C have their own failure modes, but the physical construction and durability of 3.5mm plugs and jacks are a good reason to abandon TRS connectors.