Comment on A 2 way micro USB connector. Never thought they existed

CJOtheReal@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So just like regular micro-USB?

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  • CJOtheReal@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even more fragile… Lets word it like that

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    • jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So like mini-USB?

      Still, is it the plug, or the socket that breaks? I’ve been holding for a long time that using sockets with tiny plastic tongues to hold the conductors, is a bat shit crazy move in consumer electronics.

      The includes some old Samsung connectors, all of modern Nokias, mini-USB, micro-USB, and even USB-C.

      Old Nokias and Ericssons had the right idea: pogo/flex pins on the connector, and just a bunch of plates on the socket, so the cable would break but the socket was rock solid.

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      • lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Mini USB has to be one of the most robust connectors I’ve used tbh. All my original cables from over a decade ago still work flawlessly, as well as the ports on the devices housing them.

        As for Micro USB… not great. I hope USB-C is more durable, so far I haven’t had any issues with ports going bad that wasn’t down to some ultra cheap adapter or cable

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      • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Magsafe is a really great idea, it’s just a shame Apple came up with it first and I can’t wait for it to be the universal standard for all types of external connectors forevermore. It’s as close as we can get to wireless without being wireless.

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      • beefcat@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        the socket. sadly this is a design flaw with every usb connector, even type-c.

        amusingly, Apple’s lightning is the only connector i’ve seen that seems truly designed for the cable to break before the socket

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