Why Do Phone Charging Ports Keep Changing?
Phone charging ports have gone from micro USB to Lightning to multiple versions of USB-C, and keeping up feels like a full-time job. Just when you figure out which cable goes where, the industry moves the goalposts again. James looks at how the push for slimmer devices keeps reshuffling the one thing everyone just wants to be simple.
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Transcript
This is the Daily Note.
Speaker A:I'm James A.
Speaker A:Brown.
Speaker A:You finally get the right cables and figure out what charges what and then when you've got it down, they switch all the ports again.
Speaker A:I remember when everything was micro usb.
Speaker A:Then came the lightning port, then USB C. Now some phones are going back to USB C, but not the same USB C. You need this adapter for that charger to connect to this in that and again.
Speaker A:And the reason they say the devices need to be thinner, sleeker, but for who?
Speaker A:Nobody said my phone is fine, but I wish it was two credit cards thinner.
Speaker A:We used to ask about the weather.
Speaker A:Now we troubleshoot cables.
Speaker A:At this rate, my next phone will need a charging manual.
Speaker A:So what drives you up the wall?
Speaker A:You're welcome to complain@jamesabrown.net on that note, I'm James A.
Speaker A:Brown and as always, be well.
