Different cable connections
Discussion
Mini usb hasn’t been particularly common for years now.
It was superseded by micro usb a long time ago, which has also had its fair run and was horrendously fragile and flawed in design.
A type C cable will have been included in the box and I’m pretty sure when I was last in PoundLand they had type C cables and adapters in there
It was superseded by micro usb a long time ago, which has also had its fair run and was horrendously fragile and flawed in design.
A type C cable will have been included in the box and I’m pretty sure when I was last in PoundLand they had type C cables and adapters in there
It may be faster and 'better' tech but at what cost? The cycle of obsolescence for this kind of thing is way too fast. How many thousands of miles of superseded cables etc are lying unused in drawers all over the world? Meanwhile raw materials are in ever shorter supply and the environmental costs of producing them are increasingly unsustainable.
The industry's entire attitude has to change, imo.
The industry's entire attitude has to change, imo.
dontlookdown said:
It may be faster and 'better' tech but at what cost? The cycle of obsolescence for this kind of thing is way too fast. How many thousands of miles of superseded cables etc are lying unused in drawers all over the world? Meanwhile raw materials are in ever shorter supply and the environmental costs of producing them are increasingly unsustainable.
The industry's entire attitude has to change, imo.
So; do you want to stifle consumer demand for improvement, or discourage industry from progress?The industry's entire attitude has to change, imo.
Tbf the small usb standards were a complete pain, especially when used in applications a full size usb could have fitted. Usb c is a huge step forward, compact, reversible, fast, decent power transfer capabilities. Plus it seems to be less damage prone. Hopefully one of the next steps forward will be a standardisation on fast charging protocols, it would be lovely if a charger and cable for one brand would operate at its maximum deliverable power provided the device can accept it.
Paul Drawmer said:
dontlookdown said:
It may be faster and 'better' tech but at what cost? The cycle of obsolescence for this kind of thing is way too fast. How many thousands of miles of superseded cables etc are lying unused in drawers all over the world? Meanwhile raw materials are in ever shorter supply and the environmental costs of producing them are increasingly unsustainable.
The industry's entire attitude has to change, imo.
So; do you want to stifle consumer demand for improvement, or discourage industry from progress?The industry's entire attitude has to change, imo.
The circular economy I guess, certainly we have to get a lot better at reusing what we already have. That means proper cyclical supply chains that don't end in waste dumps (or drawers) and a lot more thought given by marketers and product designers to whether the latest wheeze is actually viable in a whole life sense.
Tbh many industries face similar issues, but tech has more than it's fair share of brains and innovators, so I'd like to see it take a lead in solving these problems.
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