What the Heck Is Happening at Apple?

Re:What the Heck Is Happening at Apple? by dpark on Monday October 31, 2016 @06:29PM (#12841549)

I feel like you're falling victim to a sort of temporal fallacy here. It just happens that Micro-USB is here right now, and you're looking back at the entire history of Micro-USB. In 2 or 3 years, no one will be selling phones charging with Micro-USB and all the cables you bought will be obsolete for your new phone.

In 3 years, USB-C will dominate the market, but will have only a 3-year history of backwards compatibility. Assuming Apple keeps the lightning connector for that time (and I expect they will; 30-pin had a longer lifespan than Micro-USB), they'll have a 7-year history and a far longer history of backwards compatibility than USB-C.

At some point in the future, Apple might even jump on the USB-C train for their phones. But I think it will be a while, and I don't think Apple is doing the wrong thing by their customers by waiting.

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Re:What the Heck Is Happening at Apple? by treehau5 on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:53PM (#12842767)

> n 2 or 3 years, no one will be selling phones charging with Micro-USB

> In 3 years, USB-C will dominate the market,

Which is another type of fallacy, but that's besides the point -- why will they change? Because everyone wanted a different charger or because some company decided to be "brave" and "courageous" and change them?

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Re:What the Heck Is Happening at Apple? by dpark on Monday October 31, 2016 @10:44PM (#12842967)

I don't understand your question or why my statement is a fallacy. Look at the market. Android phones are clearly moving toward USB-C.

As for why? My pet theory is because the companies making phones could no longer defend the outdated and annoying Micro-USB in the face of Lightning.

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