One example was the adoption of gym equipment. When lightening first hit the scene the ability to play or even charge your phone from the equipment, while using the elliptical vanished. There is always something cool about knowing that I was generating my own re-charge power through my work out.
I have a love hate relationship with the lightning connector. I love the fact that it’s reversible. I also love the fact that the connector is smooth and not prone to dents and dings. Micro USB tends to get worn out over time. When I plug in to recharge my son’s Kindle the cable is so loose that it could practically fall back out. It doesn’t matter how new the charging cable is, it is the socket that does not fit snugly. But I definitely hate the fact that the cable seems to die so much quicker. I don’t know if it is the design or what, but with the old connector I still have cables laying around that work to this day. It seems I am having to swap out my lightning cables annually. It is not even just the cheap third-party ones either. I’ve had the ones package with the phone fail as well. I have one that only works in one direction, i.e. it is not reversible; partial failure.
I guess I need to take a closer look at USB-C. I don’t have any equipment that uses this. I wonder if they addressed some of the delicate nature of micro USB. Don’t get me wrong it’s highly functional, but the connector never seems to mesh together effortlessly. I have seen sockets damaged because somebody tried to push it in the wrong way. They probably shouldn’t have pushed as hard but on the flipside it’s just not as resilient.
I have a Galaxy S8 with USB type C. I'm underwhelmed. The connector is loose, and it can disconnect from USB if you pick it up from the desk to check something on the phone. I've accidentally not charged my phone overnight because I didn't have the connector in properly. And it's a total mess because you don't know by looking at the connector what it supports. Does it support Thunderbolt-style PCI-e and DisplayPort packets? Does it support analog audio? Does it support USB 2 mode, or only USB 3 mode?
The connector is loose, and it can disconnect from USB if you pick it up from the desk to check something on the phone.
Why on earth aren't you using the wireless charging if that's your use-case?
That's where wireless charging really shines! I've got the little puck on my desk at work. Drop the phone onto it, glance to make sure that it lit up to indicate it's charging, and done. When I want to check something on the phone, pick it up, check, drop it back onto the charger. It is sooo much more convenient than a cable.
I use a Spigen wallet case (Galaxy S8 Case Slim Armor CS), meaning I have credit cards in my case so I don't need to carry a wallet. Wireless charging isn't a good option for me unless I want to run the risk of a magnet wiping my cards.
Also, I find cable charging to be more convenient because I use my phone fair amount (over 6000 minutes per month on average). I need to be able to pick up my phone without it stopping the charge. My cable never falls out. I've had it happen, but only with very cheap cabl
And a wallet. Which I do find crazy. And you also use it constantly, which is not how a lot of people use their cellphones, including the GP, who I was responding to. FFS, I even wrote,...if that's your use-case. Obviously it's not yours.
It's like you were jealous that people were communicating without you and jumped in to go, "NONE OF THIS APPLIES TO ME GUYS!!!!" That's great. Do you need a gold star?
I said "disconnect from USB" - maybe I should've explicitly said "USB data" but I'm talking about when I have it on my desk connected to my PC with USB to transfer data. Sometimes picking the phone up to read a message is enough to cause the USB data connection to drop.
Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Great connector, abysmally poor planning.
I really have to wonder what kinds of bizarre garbage hardware folks are buying where they constantly have problems with USB-C not working. From what I've seen, everything is either a cell phone charger that only works with some subset of cell phones or a laptop charger that works with anything.
Just throw away the Quick Charge junk and stick with standards-compliant hardware, and you basically won't encounter any problems, in my experience, or at least not significant problems. Devices might not charge qu
USB-C succeeds at all the things mini fails at, physically. In practice, there are a lot of incompatible chargers and so on for stupid reasons, although most stuff will charge while turned off while plugged into just about any USB charger, even if they're picky about charging source while in use.
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began
to suspect "Hungry."
-- a Larson cartoon
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Most customers want to keep the same connector, because they already have chargers and cables, and sometimes even accessories, for it.
USB-C is better in the long run, but that doesn't make it better now.
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One example was the adoption of gym equipment. When lightening first hit the scene the ability to play or even charge your phone from the equipment, while using the elliptical vanished. There is always something cool about knowing that I was generating my own re-charge power through my work out.
I have a love hate relationship with the lightning connector. I love the fact that it’s reversible. I also love the fact that the connector is smooth and not prone to dents and dings. Micro USB tends to get worn out over time. When I plug in to recharge my son’s Kindle the cable is so loose that it could practically fall back out. It doesn’t matter how new the charging cable is, it is the socket that does not fit snugly. But I definitely hate the fact that the cable seems to die so much quicker. I don’t know if it is the design or what, but with the old connector I still have cables laying around that work to this day. It seems I am having to swap out my lightning cables annually. It is not even just the cheap third-party ones either. I’ve had the ones package with the phone fail as well. I have one that only works in one direction, i.e. it is not reversible; partial failure.
I guess I need to take a closer look at USB-C. I don’t have any equipment that uses this. I wonder if they addressed some of the delicate nature of micro USB. Don’t get me wrong it’s highly functional, but the connector never seems to mesh together effortlessly. I have seen sockets damaged because somebody tried to push it in the wrong way. They probably shouldn’t have pushed as hard but on the flipside it’s just not as resilient.
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I have a Galaxy S8 with USB type C. I'm underwhelmed. The connector is loose, and it can disconnect from USB if you pick it up from the desk to check something on the phone. I've accidentally not charged my phone overnight because I didn't have the connector in properly. And it's a total mess because you don't know by looking at the connector what it supports. Does it support Thunderbolt-style PCI-e and DisplayPort packets? Does it support analog audio? Does it support USB 2 mode, or only USB 3 mode?
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The connector is loose, and it can disconnect from USB if you pick it up from the desk to check something on the phone.
Why on earth aren't you using the wireless charging if that's your use-case?
That's where wireless charging really shines! I've got the little puck on my desk at work. Drop the phone onto it, glance to make sure that it lit up to indicate it's charging, and done. When I want to check something on the phone, pick it up, check, drop it back onto the charger. It is sooo much more convenient than a cable.
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I use a Spigen wallet case (Galaxy S8 Case Slim Armor CS), meaning I have credit cards in my case so I don't need to carry a wallet. Wireless charging isn't a good option for me unless I want to run the risk of a magnet wiping my cards.
Also, I find cable charging to be more convenient because I use my phone fair amount (over 6000 minutes per month on average). I need to be able to pick up my phone without it stopping the charge. My cable never falls out. I've had it happen, but only with very cheap cabl
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I'm not really surprised that when you're using your phone in an entirely different way than the GP that you wouldn't find wireless charging useful.
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Yeah... I use my phones as..... a phone. Crazy.
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And a wallet. Which I do find crazy. And you also use it constantly, which is not how a lot of people use their cellphones, including the GP, who I was responding to. FFS, I even wrote, ...if that's your use-case. Obviously it's not yours.
It's like you were jealous that people were communicating without you and jumped in to go, "NONE OF THIS APPLIES TO ME GUYS!!!!" That's great. Do you need a gold star?
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I said "disconnect from USB" - maybe I should've explicitly said "USB data" but I'm talking about when I have it on my desk connected to my PC with USB to transfer data. Sometimes picking the phone up to read a message is enough to cause the USB data connection to drop.
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Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Great connector, abysmally poor planning.
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Yeah, USB-C combines all the benefits of not knowing what your cable does with the freedom to plug it into whatever you want and have it silently fail to do what you expect.
Great connector, abysmally poor planning.
I really have to wonder what kinds of bizarre garbage hardware folks are buying where they constantly have problems with USB-C not working. From what I've seen, everything is either a cell phone charger that only works with some subset of cell phones or a laptop charger that works with anything.
Just throw away the Quick Charge junk and stick with standards-compliant hardware, and you basically won't encounter any problems, in my experience, or at least not significant problems. Devices might not charge qu
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