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The EU has finally won this one! (feddit.de)
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[–] 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (7 children)

That is straight up not true. I have multiple flagship devices with mini-USB and, within those, some have mini-A while others have mini-B. Google’s own Nexus devices had mini-USB connectors.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    The first "Google phone" was the HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1) with MiniUSB. Next was the Nexus One with MicroUSB. Everything after used MicroUSB until the Nexus 5X with USB-C.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It feels like you’re arguing semantics. Are you only counting Google-branded devices? What about other Android flagships made by Samsung? HTC?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Google’s own Nexus devices had mini-USB connectors.

    I was addressing this point in particular. There were no "Nexus" devices with MiniUSB, so it was clear quite early that Google considered MicroUSB to "the right port" for Android.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    This might be true for a very select few devices. Before usb-c I have never seen something else besides micro USB on an android device (besides the micro USB 3.0 connection, but you could put a normal micro USB cable in those)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yeah, the common EPS initiative (mandating USB 2.0 micro-B) was in effect since 2009. That's right around the time smartphones were getting popular. Even my last slide phone had micro-USB. Maybe there were different models for different markets though, a product doesn't need to follow EU law if it's only sold in the US.

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