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by equalunique 2574 days ago
I was involved in discussions and part of the decision loop. Then a very big and leading mobile phone maker asked for it, even designed most part with a leading connector maker. USB IF eventually bite the bullet and accepted. Probably 2B+ of these connectors are shipped to date.

Frank's answer, given in 2011, seemed most interesting to me. Scroll a little further and he names Nokia as the driving force.