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| PlainName:
--- Quote ---Moreover, the wide support that the law has received from the public comes mostly (but not entirely) from users of iPhones. --- End quote --- Why would iPhone users want USB-C support? That kind of implies they think the grass is greener over in USB land but my superficial stereotype of an Apple user is that they think the grass is much better where they are. |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 26, 2022, 10:36:55 pm --- --- Quote ---Moreover, the wide support that the law has received from the public comes mostly (but not entirely) from users of iPhones. --- End quote --- Why would iPhone users want USB-C support? That kind of implies they think the grass is greener over in USB land but my superficial stereotype of an Apple user is that they think the grass is much better where they are. --- End quote --- For me, the advantage would be that everything else is going that way: my iPad Pro is already USB-C, as is my Windows notebook, external SSD, rechargeable mouse, good webcam, power bank, etc. (With that said, I agree that most iPhone users simply do not care either way.) |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: tooki on June 26, 2022, 10:16:20 pm --- --- Quote from: eugene on June 26, 2022, 06:05:23 pm ---If there's a desire to have a common power port then a circular barrel jack is far superior to any USB connector. Impossible to put in upside down, rugged, durable, lasts virtually forever. If you want a standard, then just pick one size. [I understand that it wouldn't allow negotiating for different standard voltages, but if a third terminal is available for analog feedback, then the supply could provide any DC voltage over some range./b] --- End quote --- That objection doesn’t make any sense. Analog feedback makes no sense at all, and a third wire could easily carry handshaking to negotiate a voltage, just like USB-PD. I think some laptops do that already. (For sure, I know many use a third wire to identify charger types, e.g. genuine or third party, wattage, etc.) --- End quote --- Barrel jacks are very rugged, I have a couple of older Dell laptops still going strong after 10 years, lol. I doubt that a USB-C jack would have lasted this long. |
| tooki:
I think that depends entirely on the mechanical design (e.g. does the housing reinforce the jack, how is it mounted to the PCB, etc). Because many a laptop has died because of a failed barrel jack. |
| langwadt:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 26, 2022, 10:36:55 pm --- --- Quote ---Moreover, the wide support that the law has received from the public comes mostly (but not entirely) from users of iPhones. --- End quote --- Why would iPhone users want USB-C support? That kind of implies they think the grass is greener over in USB land but my superficial stereotype of an Apple user is that they think the grass is much better where they are. --- End quote --- USB-C cables are used for everything else and the Apple connector is USB2 which is slow for modern devices with multi-mega-pixel cameras |
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