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EU Committee Votes To Make All Smartphone Vendors Utilize a Standard Charger

Posted by Soulskill on from the which-will-surely-go-into-effect-in-a-timely-manner dept.

Deathspawner writes "The EU has been known to make a lot of odd decisions when it comes to tech, but one committee's latest vote is one that most people will likely agree with: Standardized smartphone chargers. If passed, this decision would cut down on never having the right charger handy, but as far as the EU is concerned, this is all about a reduction of waste. The initial vote went down on Thursday, and given its market saturation, it seems likely that micro USB would be the target standard. Now, it's a matter of waiting on the EU Parliament to make its vote."

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  1. Re:Don't worry by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Troll

    Stop swimming in the Kool-aid.

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    A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
  2. Re:Sure, it's good today by jo_ham · · Score: 1, Troll

    That's one of the reasons Apple changed to Lightning - they were dumping the dock connector anyway (30 pins, some of which were for firewire which has been unsupported on iDevices for many years), and they wanted a mechanically superior connector - micro-USB was not the answer. It is much too fragile for what they wanted.

    Other than the fact that it is proprietary, the Lightning design is much better than micro-USB on that front.