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You can find USB 5Gbps in a Pixel 6a that costs 300 USD on Amazon. USB 3 is not exactly some fancy new expensive tech. You can get a breakout board for few buc
by dawidpotocki 3y ago
You can find USB 5Gbps in a Pixel 6a that costs 300 USD on Amazon. USB 3 is not exactly some fancy new expensive tech.
You can get a breakout board for few bucks yourself and that's still going to be more than Apple would have to pay.
The actual answer is that they used last year's SOC which had only USB 2 support.
- raydev 3y agoThe port is capable, but does the Pixel actually move data that fast over it?
- opan 3y agoThe max speed isn't as important as much as the fact it can go past the USB 2 limit in speed.
- coldtea 3y agoFor determining whether it's USB 2 or not maybe (and even then it might not be so clear cut). For actual use the actual practical max speed is far more important. It would be useless if you wanted something better than USB 2.0 and it only did 1.1 times the USB 2 limit for example.
- JohnTHaller 3y ago> The port is capable, but does the Pixel actually move data that fast over it? My girlfriend's Pixel 4a can transfer about 4x USB2's real world maximum. Just tested it. USB 3 isn't new, it dates back to 2008. Every Pixel phone except the original Pixel 1 (USB 3.0) and Pixel 3a (USB 2.0) supports USB 3.1.
- raydev 3y agoMy bad, I was thinking about the Pro models' 10Gbps maximum and was looking for comparisons at that speed. I replaced what you wrote with the phone I had in my head!
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