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Being directional makes it sort of suck. I'm all for backwards comparability but this is one of the original design flaws of USB. I hope they fix it at the cost
by jmathai 13y ago
Being directional makes it sort of suck. I'm all for backwards comparability but this is one of the original design flaws of USB. I hope they fix it at the cost of losing backwards compatability some day.
- MBCook 13y agoWhile a bit ugly, at least it's pretty easy to see which way is 'up', which can be tough with micro-USB. The Lightning's reversible orientation is really nice though.
- jmathai 13y agoThat does help. But it's 2013 and I think we should be able to plug a device in at night without having to try 2 times.
- prodigal_erik 13y agoA reversible design would have been elegant. Lightning just requires every connector to have a chip which figures out its orientation and which is intended to obstruct third parties from making compatible accessories. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector)#Technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector)#Technolog... http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/10/apple-revising-mfi-program-to-limit-third-party-lightning-accessories/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/10/apple-revising-mfi-prog...