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I don't get it, a lot of you guys on here seem to hate micro-USB, why? I don't get what's so bad about it. 

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Durability like Linus has mentions for many times. The thing breaks easily

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The issues range from a poor locking mechanism to the fact that it tends to break after a relatively small number of insertions. It's just kinda flimsy I guess. Personally I'm happy so long as the device has some form of USB at all *looks at Apple*.

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it's not robust enoguht.. that tiny connector can easily break, and its also not as fast as it would be with USB 3.0.. implement that on a smartphone with micro USB and im sure Linus will be happy :D

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It generally breaks very quickly, within the lifespan of the product, my phones connector broke after a year..

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The fact that it ain't reversible and at night easy to break if plugged in wrong..

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I don't know either, I have never had a problem with it.

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Durability like Linus has mentions for many times. The thing breaks easily

I've never had this problem, and I've been using micro-USB cables for a couple years now (because of phones). 

 

Maybe you guys should just be more careful with your cables? Because not 1 micro-USB cable has broken on me. 

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it's not robust enoguht.. that tiny connector can easily break, and its also not as fast as it would be with USB 3.0.. implement that on a smartphone with micro USB and im sure Linus will be happy :D

LG G2 and Samsung Note 3 are the only phones (to my knowledge) that have micro-USB 3.0 connectors. 

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I've never had this problem, and I've been using micro-USB cables for a couple years now (because of phones). 

 

Maybe you guys should just be more careful with your cables? Because not 1 micro-USB cable has broken on me. 

 

They tend to break easily due to bending and use over and over for data transfer and charging. When you use it for uploading and downloading files on to a phone, they can wear more easlity and quickly. You must have had a very well built cable to live that long. Most generic cables and one sold have a bad constusction and tend to break after some time. More durable cables tend to have a premium and can sometimes break just as the same rate with generics.

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LG G2 and Samsung Note 3 are the only phones (to my knowledge) that have micro-USB 3.0 connectors. 

exactly what I mean.. not enough phones do have micro USB 3.0 connectors.. that would somewhat put the unreliability into the background.. atleast for me

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They tend to break easily due to bending and use over and over for data transfer and charging. When you use it for uploading and downloading files on to a phone, they can wear more easlity and quickly. You must have had a very well built cable to live that long. Most generic cables and one sold have a bad constusction and tend to break after some time. More durable cables tend to have a premium and can sometimes break just as the same rate with generics.

I'm just using whatever micro-USB cables are lying around, and they all came from phones. So it's not like I'm using some kind of special cable. Again, I think the problem is that you guys who keep breaking them need to be more careful with your cables. 

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In fairness my current one has lasted 18 months, but it's not what it used to be, its really loose now.

 

It's more the fear of its impending doom that annoys me.

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I'm just using whatever micro-USB cables are lying around, and they all came from phones. So it's not like I'm using some kind of special cable. Again, I think the problem is that you guys who keep breaking them need to be more careful with your cables. 

 

I personally take care but they tend to break. Especially the ones which run from AC directly to Micro-USB.

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In fairness my current one has lasted 18 months, but it's not what it used to be, its really loose now.

 

It's more the fear of its impending doom that annoys me.

 

 

In fairness my current one has lasted 18 months, but it's not what it used to be, its really loose now.

 

It's more the fear of its impending doom that annoys me.

Looser over time....18 months....this sounds SOOOO wrong....

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I'm gentle with my connectors, so nothing in my opinion... It can be fragile in the wrong hands though.

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I'm definitely not gentle with them and have never broken a decent one. The problem is people buy really cheap cables, and what do you expect? I've had good experiences with cheap ones as well though, but have seen really bad ones at the same time. I've used the same MicroUSB cable for over two years to charge my phone at night and it still has the nice locking click when I plug the cable in every thing. It is the cable that came with my Droid X when I got it so it has the little tag on it right near the end of the plug which I use at late night to be able to tell how to plug it in without looking.

 

My car charger is godawful but was also like $4, and just been too lazy to replace it. Doesn't lock in at all and it quite loose but still essentially works.

 

Many of my friends have iPhones and use the new connector and have burnt through more cables since the it has been out then I have in 3 years. Only advantage I've seen is it's reversible.

 

I pretty much only buy from Amazon and have purchased/suggested these: http://amzn.com/B004GF8TIK to many friends. Only buy directly from or fulfilled by Amazon to make sure you get the actually high quality cable. 

 

On top of that, I've never had a connector in a device actually go bad. Could be lucky but I kind of doubt that. Been using them since Blackberry Storm, Droid, Droid X, Galaxy Nexus, along with the GF pretty much following the same line of phones with no issues.

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#1 reason = linus hates it so most people here hate it

#2 it legitimately sucks, breaks very easily.

#3 Mini Usb is actually THAT much better.

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