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Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger

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Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger

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felipeerias wrote: post #15
sqrt17 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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Re: Europe calls for every phone to use the same charger

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That's some really shoddy reporting. Shame on you, "Ryan Burgess"! But what else can we expect from a news site that rips off the name from two better ones (Gizmodo and Technorati)?

Original sources instead of badly regurgitated crap:

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-11-75_en.htm

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/2014...

Quote:

> What was the process leading up to a solution?

> To tackle this issue the European Commission gave phone manufacturers an ultimatum in March 2009: to voluntarily adopt a common charger or be subject to mandatory EU legislation. As a result in June 2009, Europe's major mobile phone manufacturers agreed in close co-operation with the Commission services to adopt a common charger for data-enabled mobile phones sold in the EU. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) - signed by 14 manufacturers - committed the industry to provide charger compatibility. In the course of 2011, European consumers will be able to purchase a standard mobile phone charger for all data-enabled phones - including smartphones - sold in the 27 EU Member States.

So everyone except one manufacturer standardised on Micro USB back in 2009. Apple wouldn't play ball, so in order to compel them the directive finally had to be established.

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