Will this commoditize the charger market to the point of more knockoffs?
Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
11–20 of 22 posts
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#12I feel like this comic is very appropriate: https://xkcd.com/927/
Not really. They're not creating a new standard, but forcing everyone to use the same one; whether it's the best one or not.
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#13Only one charger for all phones - will be a long wait to get your phone charged - must be a communist plot coming out of Europe.
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#14Hopefully they will standardize on something free and open.
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#15"It would seem the charger of choice would be the Micro-USB as of now, though who knows what the next big thing will be." Forcing everyone to use a government-sanctioned standard is a good way to prevent the next big thing from happening and succeeding.
Yes, every electricity utility company should mandate its own electric plug, and limit you to their model of matching TV and washing machine. Don't ever think of taking your washing machine with you when you move to another state. Honestly? MicroUSB has been the next big thing. Before, you had to toss out your charger when your phone broke; now you can keep it and don't need to shell out for an extra charger if you h…
The main reason why Apple's solution is special is because it is intended to charge both phones and tablets.
The only real problem with it is that it is proprietary and not standard. Other than that, it is clearly superior to MicroUSB.
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#16Micro USB isn't already a de facto standard?
Ask Apple.
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#17I feel like this comic is very appropriate: https://xkcd.com/927/
Not really. They're not creating a new standard, but forcing everyone to use the same one; whether it's the best one or not.
I'd like to add that from the perspective of the EU, and I'd say also from the perspective of most citizens, it is irrelevant which charger standard is better.
In the bigger picture, it is much more important that there be only one type of charger, standardized in form and function.
Sometimes, being less of a hassle counterbalances technical shortcomings.
If the average EU citizen is anything like me, somewhere in their living space you can find two bins: One for an assortment of non-interchangable (and in part obsolete) chargers and one for broken headphones.
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#18Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really. They're not creating a new standard, but forcing everyone to use the same one; whether it's the best one or not.
I'd like to add that from the perspective of the EU, and I'd say also from the perspective of most citizens, it is irrelevant which charger standard is better. In the bigger picture, it is much more important that there be only one type of charger, standardized in form and function. Sometimes, being less of a hassle counterbalances technical shortcomings. If the average EU citizen is anything like me, somewhere in th…
I can confirm the bin thing.
Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger
#20My son's iPhone physically (and probably electrically) fits a USB, but the phone requires that it receive some Apple only signal from the charger, or it refuses to charge. It's one of the reasons his phone is often dead. The regulators need to kill this kind of hostile behavior.