USB Reversable Cable Images Emerge

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 2, 2014 @09:05AM from the saving-you-3-annoying-seconds-a-couple-times-a-day dept.

Lucas123 writes: "A presentation released today by Intel revealed images of the USB 3.1 Type-C cable and connectors, which is symmetrical and will no longer require a user to correctly orient the plug. Initially, the USB 3.1 Type-C specification will support up to 10Gbps data transfer speeds. The Type-C connectors resemble those of Apple's Thunderbolt cabling in that they are much smaller than today's USB SuperSpeed connectors. The receptacle opening is 8.3mm x 2.5mm.The first iteration will have a 5 volt power transfer rate, but it is expected to deliver up to 100 watts for higher power applications in the future."

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Re:Reversible by Anonymous Coward · 2014-04-02 09:12 · Score: 5, Funny

No no, reversable. You're "able" to reverse it, see?
Re:Reversible by NatasRevol · 2014-04-02 09:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Please find one that has the explanation of a joke.

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Re:Obligatory XKCD by ninjabus · 2014-04-02 09:25 · Score: 5, Funny

I raise you a more relevant obligatory SMBC http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...
Reversable? by rossdee · 2014-04-02 12:17 · Score: 3, Funny

But if you plug it in the other way round won't the phone charge the car's battery, and the 1's become 0's on the data?