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USB-C mechanical design is flimsy and pathetic.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: ajb on September 19, 2020, 09:36:10 pm ---I don't know about you, but every. single. time. I plug in a rectangular connector I have to look at the connector, look at the socket and see if it's the right way round. Whether it's a micro B, full size A, or DP, or even a ribbon cable. Oftentimes it's in low light or sometimes in a place I can't see. You don't have to be a woo woo visionary to see that if you can solve that problem by designing a connector with 180d symmetry the life-time cumulative ease of use improvement is HUGE.
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Reversible micro usb cable
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Cables/USB/63777-U2MCAB-02RR
newbrain:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on September 27, 2020, 11:09:15 am ---Reversible micro usb cable
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Cables/USB/63777-U2MCAB-02RR
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Estimated connector life: 15 insertions (total, both ends), if you are a lucky person.
Guess how I know.
rvalente:
This connector madness is driven by this non sense of making paper thin devices.
Who needs a 8 mm thick phone that you can barely hold becuase ia so slippery? After all we all throw a rubberized case. I would prefer a 12-15mm thick phone with a larger battery and space for a hugged connector.
Its a shame cat phones are so outaded in hw specs and expensives
eti:
--- Quote from: rvalente on September 28, 2020, 08:56:03 pm --- This connector madness is driven by this non sense of making paper thin devices.
Who needs a 8 mm thick phone that you can barely hold becuase ia so slippery? After all we all throw a rubberized case. I would prefer a 12-15mm thick phone with a larger battery and space for a hugged connector.
Its a shame cat phones are so outaded in hw specs and expensives
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Exactly. What "need" is served by a diminutive thickness? None. My (crap) Moto G7 Plus could be 2x as thick as it is now (with a Spigen rubber case on) and I wouldn't care a toss.
ajb:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on September 27, 2020, 11:09:15 am ---
--- Quote from: ajb on September 19, 2020, 09:36:10 pm ---I don't know about you, but every. single. time. I plug in a rectangular connector I have to look at the connector, look at the socket and see if it's the right way round. Whether it's a micro B, full size A, or DP, or even a ribbon cable. Oftentimes it's in low light or sometimes in a place I can't see. You don't have to be a woo woo visionary to see that if you can solve that problem by designing a connector with 180d symmetry the life-time cumulative ease of use improvement is HUGE.
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Reversible micro usb cable
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Cables/USB/63777-U2MCAB-02RR
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Sure, if it's possible to design a compatible reversible connector without having to remove so much material to defeat the keying that it's no longer durable enough for use, that's an okay solution. But it would be better to design reversibility into the connector from the ground up.
--- Quote from: rvalente on September 28, 2020, 08:56:03 pm ---Who needs a 8 mm thick phone that you can barely hold becuase ia so slippery? After all we all throw a rubberized case. I would prefer a 12-15mm thick phone with a larger battery and space for a hugged connector.
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Sure, YOU would prefer a thicker phone, but that's clearly not what the overall market wants. If it did, then we might see more and better phones similar to the Cat branded ones. Whether or not the market is "wrong" about that is a silly thing to worry about, and calling consumers stupid for having different priorities than you do, as some in this thread are doing, is arrogant to the point of dickishness. People like phones that fit easily in a pocket and have reversible connectors, and there's nothing wrong with that even if those aren't your top priorities in a mobile device.
--- Quote from: eti on September 28, 2020, 10:32:22 pm ---Exactly. What "need" is served by a diminutive thickness? None.
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Do you not carry your phone around? Do you never put it in a pocket? Because fitting in a pocket (or handbag or whatever) is a "need" that the vast majority of people who use smartphones have, and diminutive thickness absolutely serves that.
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