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One day USB-A will be so uncommon that people will say "back in my day, it took at least 3 tries to put the USB in" (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

USB micro 3 was the weirdest. One of my Samsunk Note phones used it.

Neat thing a lot of people didn't know about it though was that you could still plug an older Micro B in and leave the rest unplugged, so it was backwards compatible for things like charging and slow data transfer.

I also have a widescreen conferencing monitor at work with a USB3-B connector for its built-in camera. It also has Type C, but I guess they wanted to give options for people with computers that didn't have Thunderbolt ports or were using older docking stations.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    I have an old Samsung tablet with a USB micro 3, gathering dust in a drawer somewhere. Galaxy tab 2 or 3 maybe? It was a top-of-the-line device in that era, and the only device I've ever seen with that funky connector. I actually find it curious we didn't see the standard more, as it's backwards-compatible with regular micro-USB in a pinch, but when you did use the proper cable it enabled both faster charging and data transfer.

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