European Union wants all smartphones to have the same charging port
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It would reduce electronic waste and improve the consumer experience, says the E.U.
Time for yet another port!
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It would reduce electronic waste and improve the consumer experience, says the E.U.
Time for yet another port!
Should be easy to implement -- they're pretty much all made in the same factory.
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It would reduce electronic waste and improve the consumer experience, says the E.U.
Time for yet another port!
I'd also love it wants the same power wall-sockets...
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I'd also love it wants the same power wall-sockets...
Mario Vernari wrote:
I'd also love it wants the same power wall-sockets...
It would be about time. Of course, they'll all have to adopt the British standard, which is far safer than any of the others.
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It would reduce electronic waste and improve the consumer experience, says the E.U.
Time for yet another port!
Laptops should all have the same charging port as well.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Laptops should all have the same charging port as well.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:
Laptops should all have the same charging port as well.
Now there's a real "if wishes were fishes" one. Two separate buds have told me that their choice of laptop was heavily biased by the fact that they have their old laptop's charger from the same company, which can act as a spare/travelling charger. And I'm not going to admit that I did the same, myself. Nope, I'm really not. That kind of soft lock-in is worth tens of millions to laptop producers; they ain't gonna give it up easily.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:
Laptops should all have the same charging port as well.
Now there's a real "if wishes were fishes" one. Two separate buds have told me that their choice of laptop was heavily biased by the fact that they have their old laptop's charger from the same company, which can act as a spare/travelling charger. And I'm not going to admit that I did the same, myself. Nope, I'm really not. That kind of soft lock-in is worth tens of millions to laptop producers; they ain't gonna give it up easily.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Maybe, but most laptops come with a charger. So don't see how it's a lock-in.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Maybe, but most laptops come with a charger. So don't see how it's a lock-in.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
I always have two chargers for my laptops. That way, I can keep one in the laptop bag, and not have to keep unplugging the one at home.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I always have two chargers for my laptops. That way, I can keep one in the laptop bag, and not have to keep unplugging the one at home.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
:thumbsup:
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It would reduce electronic waste and improve the consumer experience, says the E.U.
Time for yet another port!
One charging port for all smartphones? (Pedantry on the march.)