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EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force (www.france24.com)
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Suck it micro USB, mini USB, and lightning! πŸͺ«πŸ”‹

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

There's only so much power you can put through such a small connector. I could certainly see a high end gaming laptop requiring more than 240W since GPUs keep getting more power hungry. They could increase the voltage a bit, but I doubt they will go much higher.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Fair point but even though it seems USB-C caps out at 5A, it’s quite possible the voltage could be even higher when higher quality materials are used for the existing connector along with controllers that, say, check the resistance before asking for said higher voltage, thus delivering higher wattage. Also keep in mind that the general trend is efficiency, especially with ARM gaining serious momentum.

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