Breaking USB ports is exactly why I buy phones with wireless charging whenever possible. Mini-usb was pretty durable, never lost a cable, device, or phone. Mi

Breaking USB ports is exactly why I buy phones with wireless charging whenever possible. Mini-usb was pretty durable, never lost a cable, device, or phone. Micro-usb, despite the marketing, seems radically less durable. I've lost many chargers, cables, and phones. It's just not up to the task of daily use. I had to give up on a replaceable battery (I normally end up using a phone well after the first battery dies), but I was able to put a wireless charging pad inside the case of my Pixel Xl. So now my usb port is mostly unused and will hopefully last longer than the rest of the phone. If governments wants to decrease waste the should require replaceable batteries. Sad that just as decent quality materials are becoming quite common and CPU/ram are not limiting factors that devices could last 5-10 years... if not for the epoxied batteries.