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What's interesting is that nearly all of my recent electronics purchases have used USB-C. Headphones, thermal printer, neck-cooler, rechargable screwdriver - a
by edent 4y ago
What's interesting is that nearly all of my recent electronics purchases have used USB-C.
Headphones, thermal printer, neck-cooler, rechargable screwdriver - all USB-C.
What's weird are the few things which don't. Amazon Alexa use a barrel charger. Brand new HP printer has the old square style USB plug. Pulse Oximeter user micro-USB.
So C is certainly getting there. Appearing in cheap and expensive products. And, I'm happy to say, works well. Just needs a few laggards to update!
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- basisword 4y ago>> What's interesting is that nearly all of my recent electronics purchases have used USB-C. I've started noticing this recently. It's taken longer than I thought but the only devices remaining I have that I need to search for cables for are my iPhone/Apple Watch/old iPod. Everything else, including laptops, I usually have a USB-C charger already plugged in and ready to go no matter what room I'm in. It makes sense that there should be a standard for this, just like we do (although it varies by country) for our plugs.
- ProZsolt 4y agoI usually try to buy devices with detachable IEC 60320[1] mains cable. So when I move to a different country I only need to change the cables and not the devices. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320
- qalmakka 4y agoThe "old square style USB plug" is USB-B. It's the counterpart of USB-A, the ubiquitous microUSB-B connector is meant to be a tiny version of it (there's also miniUSB-B, which now is mostly dead, and mini and micro A, which no one ever used).