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Nokia Design Guru Urges Apple To End Cable Chaos

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-plug-to-rule-them-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia's former head designer has called on Apple to work with the broader technology industry and end its policy of having proprietary connectors for its device chargers and accessories. Other experts say Apple cannot continue to go it alone with Lightning Connectors and ignore Micro USB."

2 of 791 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Micro-usb 3.0 is so awful, Lightning makes sens by terjeber · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    hideous

    Moron

  2. Re:First world problems. by MisterSquid · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This isUSB is a standard. The USB on my kyocera will work on your HTC.

    This is where reality differs from theory. In theory, all micro-USB devices would be able to swap chargers but I know of one person (anecdote, but true nonetheless) who upgraded his phone, used the charger from his old phone, and fried his new phone due to differences in voltage and power.

    Also, if compatibility is mandated then how will new features be developed without potentially damaging legacy devices?

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