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A comment on EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024. Parent comment

Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by KerrickStaley on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:59AM (#33080482)
Micro-USB is not the same as Mini-USB. Mini-USB was introduced in 2000; Micro-USB was introduced in 2007.
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by fy20 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:54PM (#33089518)
GP said:

> When a standard makes sense companies will generally adopt it naturally.

My point was that manufacturers could have done so (with Mini-USB) if they wanted to, but chose not to. Until smart phones came around, most phones were more than thick enough to have a Mini-USB port (and a lot did).

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