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India to shift to USB C as common charging port for all smart devices

• snowpid 4y ago
  related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect
• MichaelZuo 4y ago
  How will this standard be enforced for products operating outdoors?
  • programmer_dude 4y ago
    Enforced at port of entry (customs).
    • MichaelZuo 4y ago
      So they will effectively ban imports of all outdoor weather rated 'smart products'?
      • programmer_dude 4y ago
        I don't think so. This only applies to mobile phones. What outdoor rated smart products did you have in mind?
        • MichaelZuo 4y ago
          Smart home cameras.
          • eternityforest 4y ago
            There's a pretty simple solution there. USB-IF could just specify a waterproof connector. They could even make a waterproof housing that could slip over an existing USB-C.
            • MichaelZuo 4y ago
              And if USB-IF decides not to?
  • vivegi 4y ago
    I think this is for mobile phones primarily and any devices that today use a multitude of OEM-specific chargers.
• vivegi 4y ago
  From the article: > India will shift to a USB type C charging port for all smart devices after stakeholders reached a consensus at a meeting of an inter-ministerial task force set up by the Union government, consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said Wednesday.
• envolt 4y ago
  > One of India’s concerns is that once EU makes the shift, obsolete phones and equipment could be dumped in India, a second official said. India always have been a huge market for slightly old models; which are more affordable. Anyone who wants an iPhone can't afford the latest because of the price tag.