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There's no reason why devices can't have such a newer, better port alongside type-c. Until the new port gains traction the presence of type-c will help with com

There's no reason why devices can't have such a newer, better port alongside type-c. Until the new port gains traction the presence of type-c will help with compatibility, and presumably once this hypothetical connector has been proven better than type-c the regulation will simply be updated to mandate that instead.

dmix 3y ago
How can it exist along side USB-C? You mean two ports or a converter or something?
- wongarsu 3y ago
  Either a port that's compatible with USB-C charging but has otherwise different pins or electrical characteristics (just like how a USB-A port has 4 pins in USB 2 but 8 pins in USB 3, but is still compatible). Or you just add a second port.
  - dbg31415 3y ago
    Ugly to have 2 ports.
    - wongarsu 3y ago
      Before we standardized on micro USB, lots of phones had ports easily three times the width of USB-C. We were ok with that back then, so why would two USB-C sized ports next to each other be so bad? In return, all your gizmos and chargers continue to work in the transition period. Or, just make the new port a barrel connector like a headphone jack, just with more segments. Bonus points if you can plug in an actual headphone and it works. Nobody seemed to have a problem with a headphone jack next to their USB port.
      - dbg31415 3y ago
        Why do I want a headphone jack on my phone? I don’t. It’s all Bluetooth now. I like wireless headphones. But you should be free to buy them and we can both vote with equally with our wallets. Go buy phones that have the 3.5mm jacks and send the signal that consumers still want plugs invented in the 1950s. If that’s what you want to signal. You have a great way to tell Apple if you like what they are doing! So do I. Maybe Europeans like wired headphones over wireless? That’s news to me, but they should vote with their wallets. If you like what a company does, but things that company makes. If you don’t, don’t. It bugs me to see a government meddle with what customers want to buy. Don’t rig the system so you get a bigger voice than others. That’s not fair.
        5etho 3y ago
        it bugs me to see rabid "free market", after all europe is birthplace of socialism
    - pmontra 3y ago
      Ugly to have 5 cameras on the back :-)

dmix 3y ago

How can it exist along side USB-C? You mean two ports or a converter or something?

wongarsu 3y ago
Either a port that's compatible with USB-C charging but has otherwise different pins or electrical characteristics (just like how a USB-A port has 4 pins in USB 2 but 8 pins in USB 3, but is still compatible). Or you just add a second port.
- dbg31415 3y ago
  Ugly to have 2 ports.
  - wongarsu 3y ago
    Before we standardized on micro USB, lots of phones had ports easily three times the width of USB-C. We were ok with that back then, so why would two USB-C sized ports next to each other be so bad? In return, all your gizmos and chargers continue to work in the transition period. Or, just make the new port a barrel connector like a headphone jack, just with more segments. Bonus points if you can plug in an actual headphone and it works. Nobody seemed to have a problem with a headphone jack next to their USB port.
    - dbg31415 3y ago
      Why do I want a headphone jack on my phone? I don’t. It’s all Bluetooth now. I like wireless headphones. But you should be free to buy them and we can both vote with equally with our wallets. Go buy phones that have the 3.5mm jacks and send the signal that consumers still want plugs invented in the 1950s. If that’s what you want to signal. You have a great way to tell Apple if you like what they are doing! So do I. Maybe Europeans like wired headphones over wireless? That’s news to me, but they should vote with their wallets. If you like what a company does, but things that company makes. If you don’t, don’t. It bugs me to see a government meddle with what customers want to buy. Don’t rig the system so you get a bigger voice than others. That’s not fair.
      - 5etho 3y ago
        it bugs me to see rabid "free market", after all europe is birthplace of socialism
  - pmontra 3y ago
    Ugly to have 5 cameras on the back :-)