New USB 3.0 form factor

[Lightning]

I think linus's wish came true.

 

http://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-next-gen-usb-cable-that-could-sweep-away-all-others/?ttag=fbwl

[acidydragon]

Looks terrible... It'll be super fragile, and just as bad as Micro USB is now...

 

-Edit: Linus totally agreed with me.

[AlexGoesHigh]

Saw the concept, I'm expecting an apple lawsuit if that concept became the final design, looks a lot like thunderbolt, they should make it more square looking

edit: forget what I said about being similar, I had to be on something to say that

[Freaky_spider]

Saw the concept, I'm expecting an apple lawsuit if that concept became the final design, looks a lot like thunderbolt, they should make it more square looking

edit: forget what I said about being similar, I had to be on something to say that

thunderbolt isnt apples medium, you know that right?

[Victorious Secret]

Saw the concept, I'm expecting an apple lawsuit if that concept became the final design, looks a lot like thunderbolt, they should make it more square looking

edit: forget what I said about being similar, I had to be on something to say that

 

Apple could sue away anyways, Intel owns Thunderbolt entirely. 

[lachyman]

It's probably a good thing, as I see the standard USB 3.0 port is becoming a limiting factor on the super slim ultrabooks these days  :lol:

[UselessBread]

Saw the concept, I'm expecting an apple lawsuit if that concept became the final design, looks a lot like thunderbolt, they should make it more square looking

edit: forget what I said about being similar, I had to be on something to say that

I think you are talking about Lightning, not Thunderbolt.

[AlexGoesHigh]

I think you are talking about Lightning, not Thunderbolt.

this, I'm on the phone so I got confused at first since I was busy

[SirReallySam]

Finally!

[Kamil]

It looks like the C connector still has that little tiny prong inside the port that could snap off and make it completely unusable. But at least it's reversible.

[alepodj]

my likey likey!!! :lol:

[martinrox1568]

Still looks fragile as fuck

[Puppet]

I actually hate USB in all its forms (except maybe B which should be on all larger devices imo), its designed to keep cost down, unfortunately it's the manufacturers who get most of the benefits not the consumers.

[Slick]

RAW list of specs directly from USB-IF + 3 official pictures from the USB-IF

 

USB Type-C Connector Key Aspects

Entirely new design

-          Tailored for emerging product designs

-          Robust enough for laptops and tablets; slim enough for mobile phones 

New smaller size

-          Similar to size of USB 2.0 Micro-B

-          Listen for the “click” 

Usability enhancements

-          Reversible plug orientation & cable direction

Supports scalable power charging

Future Scalability

-          Designed to establish future USB performance needs

 

Type-C Connector Specification anticipated to be published in July 2014

 

Mechanical specs (preliminary):

•          Receptacle opening: ~8.3mm x ~2.5mm

•          Durability: 10,000 cycles

•          Improved EMI and RFI mitigation features

•          Power delivery capacity:

•          3A for standard cables

•          5A for connectors

Functional capabilities:

•          USB 2.0: LS/FS/HS

•          USB 3.1: Gen1 (5Gbps)/Gen2 (10Gbps)

•          Enhanced power delivery options

•          Extended 5V current ranges plus USB PD

•          Docking support

•          USB PD-based interface configuration option

 

 

[Victorious Secret]

Why can't cables make use of magnets? No more plugging things in and snapping connectors and stress on said connectors. 

 

How about magnets? 

 

Come on science. Magnets.

[Slick]

Why can't cables make use of magnets? No more plugging things in and snapping connectors and stress on said connectors. 

 

How about magnets? 

 

Come on science. Magnets.

Apple power cables

[Victorious Secret]

Slick replied to my comment.

 

Life is complete. 

[Stefan Becker]

Apple power cables

I hate to say this, but they are fucking awesome.

 

 

Also: WHY?

[Sharif]

Slick replied to my comment.

 

Life is complete. 

lol lucky you

[werto165]

Why can't cables make use of magnets? No more plugging things in and snapping connectors and stress on said connectors. 

 

How about magnets? 

 

Come on science. Magnets.

http://www.teslasociety.com/tesla_tower.htm if only tesla finished wireless power. 

[KakaoDj]

Apple power cables

and people still hate on Macbooks  :blink:

[Guest]

Hmm...  As ugly as the old 3.0 connector was, at least it was backwards compatible with the micro USB connector (by only plugging into half the port).

 

Apple power cables

 

Yeah.  Unfortunately, Apple patented the whole concept of magnetic power connectors, so we won't be seeing those anywhere other than on Apple products.

[Tomskii]

Yeah and in a year or 5 they probably find another new connector to add to the collection

[D3MON]

Phones are getting bigger so in all likelyhood bigger more durable connectors are just around the corner.
That said I have never broken a micro usb cable and I'm sure linus is just dying for an lga/dvi-i sized connector...screws and all
If phones came with the micro-b type AND the mini HDMI AND micro-ethernet too I'd be fine with that...
why? because wireless sucks!!!!
There's plenty of realestate left on modern phones so why not use it, having 2 SDcard slots (1 above one another) would be cool also, I/O being the slowest part on phones these days and 16gb microsd cards only costing £5 each id happy have a 32 or 64gb raid0 on my phone.

[Victorious Secret]

Hmm...  As ugly as the old 3.0 connector was, at least it was backwards compatible with the micro USB connector (by only plugging into half the port).

 

 

Yeah.  Unfortunately, Apple patented the whole concept of magnetic power connectors, so we won't be seeing those anywhere other than on Apple products.

 

 

Aren't the MS Surface connectors magnetic?