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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by swiley on Sunday September 16, 2018 @11:20PM (#18002925)
I feel like micro USB may have actually made it worse because the connector has small springs which bend and fatigue very easily.
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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by plushpuffin on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:24AM (#18003195)
The advantage of micro USB over mini is that the cheap cable's connector will wear out instead of the port on the expensive device.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_%28Physical%29

> The Micro connector is also designed to reduce the mechanical wear on the device; instead the easier-to-replace cable is designed to bear the mechanical wear of connection and disconnection.

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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by dexterdog on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:16AM (#18003166)
I never had a micro port go bad on a phone. The c port on my Galaxy S8 has broken twice already.
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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by ghusbands on Monday September 17, 2018 @01:49AM (#18003502)
Do you mean USB-C, which is what people are now using? Micro USB is the much older, non-reversible tech.
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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by akvadrako on Monday September 17, 2018 @08:41AM (#18005349)
In either case it's wrong - the newer standards are rated for more abuse than the older ones.
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