The European Parliament votes in favor of a common charger despite Apple's protests

31 January 2020
One way to reduce e-waste is to stop bundling new chargers with new phones, but promote a single standard that works with phones of all brands.

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  • 31 Jan 2020

For one side, I agree that Apple should join the common port type thing.

On the other hand, I don't think every single thing should move to USB-C. I mean, in most cellphones, you use USB-C just for charging. I have yet to see someone using USB-C to HDMI to connect their cellphone to a TV or something like that.

So, microusb and USB-C should be the standard.

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    • 31 Jan 2020

    Paul, 31 Jan 2020Hopefully this will apply to digital cameras & other sm... moreIt will for sure affect the price of all the small electronics as typeC is more expensive, that's why cheap electronics use micro-usb

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      • Cx8
      • 31 Jan 2020

      Hopefully this will apply to digital cameras & other small electronic devices that still use other connections other than usbC

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        • i8h
        • 31 Jan 2020

        Very nice.

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          • m44
          • 31 Jan 2020

          Remember: it's all about the charger (brick) not the cable connecting the charger to the phone. Apple is already selling Lightning to USB-C cable and has USB-C chargers available.

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