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I can appreciate the frustration that will cause the first person to buy a modern phone, but consider it a good thing for every subsequent owner, *provided* the
by mdaniel 5y ago
I can appreciate the frustration that will cause the first person to buy a modern phone, but consider it a good thing for every subsequent owner, *provided* there aren't some kind of weird "requires a USB 3.1b-mark2 charging cable, sold separately" shenanigans
Now with the cost savings, they can add back the headphone jack like a sane phone
- ksec 5y ago>I can appreciate the frustration that will cause the first person to buy a modern phone, We are pretty close to Smartphone saturation. If we take US as an example, there are ~300M Smartphone user out of ~330M population. If you take out kids under age of 10 you are running close to 100% already. And even those who dont own a Smartphone, the probability of their household owning an USB charger is pretty high. I do hope the include a USB-A to USB-C cable though.
- distances 5y agoCurrent Google chargers have C-to-C cables. I don't see them shipping A-to-C, I'd rather assume there's no cable at all.
- sudosysgen 5y agoNot really. Modern phones have fast-charging standards that often mean they won't work with any old charger, you'll need one with USB-PD that supports the correct voltage and for some very fast charging phones or phones with higher efficiency charging systems you will need special chargers for the best performance.