EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones

Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by Causality1 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:19AM (#28627310)

You also don't have the issue of an errant foot or chair wheel squishing the connector flat and ruining it.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by maeln on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:46AM (#28629054)

You mean with a lightning connector or a usb-c one ? In my experience, lightning connector were much more easy to break than usb-c one, since there is no actual protection/shielding to the actual pads/connector. It is so easy to snap the connector part of a lightning port.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by LinAGKar on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:28AM (#28628809)

How have you been able to flatten a USB cable with your foot?

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by Causality1 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:04PM (#28637504)

I'm a heavy bastard.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by LinAGKar on Friday October 01, 2021 @03:36AM (#28715699)

I suppose in places where people wear shoes indoors it's more plausible. As a Swede, I was imagining someone squashing it barefoot.

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