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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Are you asking where was the Samsung hate back when every cell phone out there used a different connector? Everyone did it, so there was just general bitching about the need for something more universal from everyone. Which led to many manufacturers moving to mini USB to where we are now with almost everyone using micro USB. They gave up all their proprietary connectors and gave customers what they asked for. Why couldn't Apple do the same?
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There is the fact that's it's reversible. And since the phone and the new cable haven't been torn down yet, we don't know what they do that might be beyond the capability of micro-USB. I'm willing to wait a week to find out.
When I lived in Europe, this problem had already been solved when the government made it obligatory to sell phones with a micro-USB charger. Apple got an exemption in exchange for giving free 30-pin connector to USB adapters to all its customers.
