Disclosure- I’m an iPad owner (which I love), an LG G3 Android cell phone user (which I love), and a Windows PC user (Love Windows 7, Not a Fan Of Windows 8)
A couple of years ago Apple decided to change their charging/data cable to the current lightening cable. At the time people everywhere who owned previous generation Apple products suddenly were going to have many Apple peripherals that would be rendered obsolete once they upgraded to the new connection type. I’m sure that it was a difficult decision but one that Apple designers knew was going to make the connection more stable and secure.
So now being on my third android phone and this isn’t just android products, it’s more the connection type- every android phone I’ve used within a year of the upgrade the charging cable connection becomes loose and I have to wiggle and place the phone just right and often times it beeps back and forth signaling I have a connection to the charger and then not a connection to the charger and then a connection. It is maddening and now that I’m on the third phone using this type of connection I see it is not the phone as much as it is the connection type.
In any case, Apple’s lightening cable is without question a superior form factor.
So there you go from an objective android/apple user. Has anyone else had similar experiences with micro usb charging cables (the charging cable used for android phones)
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That’s why I like the wireless charging on my Droid Razor Maxx, it’s even faster than a USB cable
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Thank you Tesla!
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Your observation applies to more than phones – there are lots of gadgets that use the micro usb port in some form. The problem with micro usb is that the plug is more durable than the socket, and replacing the the socket is not a cheap fix. If the socket were a metal housing and the plug had a plastic.rubber/silicon collar on the housing that held it tight to the housing, the collar would give before the metal and nobody would care if they had to buy a new cable/plug for $5 over the life of the phone. Even better, would be to make the cables/plugs have a replaceable collar, making the solution cost pennies instead of dollars. This could be an example ‘planned obsolescence’ in the micro usb platform itself. Designers would then know that making your gadget on the micro-usb platform would result in a repurchase due to failure of that one aspect of the design within a certain time frame.
I agree with your opinion on the lightning cable, and it was an improvement over the original connectors that came with my first iPhone and iPad.
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