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by SysArchitect 3515 days ago
I completely agree with you. Micro-USB has already shown that it is not the best standard moving forward, it is already at it's end as manufacturers are replacing the port on devices with a USB-C port instead.

So let's call it. Micro-USB, 2007 -> 2016 (9 years). It had less of a run than the 30 pin dock connector!

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I still have USB-B, USB-Mini and USB-Micro, and USB3-Micro-B devices... some were built even after USB-Micro was available, yet they still use USB Mini (which in most cases is a lot more sturdy than Micro). I have a ton of different cables for different devices because there was no real standardization until USB-C very very recently.

Why was the same vocal crowd not out when manufacturers switched from Mini to Micro and everyone had to buy all new cables?

With USB3 there is also a USB3-TypeB connector, which is not even backwards compatible with USB-TypeB...

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/usb_3_explained.html