[naikrovek]

This was true of the first revision of Mini-USB, I'm told, but not subsequent revisions. The wearing components were moved to the cable while retaining compatibility with the older design.

The rumor of socket-side wear persisted well after the design change (all the way up to today, as evidenced by your comment, and many others) so Micro-USB was created to work around the confusion regarding Mini-USB entirely by simply creating a new connector.

[tjoff]

I truly hope micro-USB wasn't created to avoid that confusion.

For one, the number of people that even knew about the issue with mini-USB was barely none.

And the massive confusion micro-USB has contributed to is just unimaginable.

[naikrovek]

Device manufacturers knew all about it, even though very few customers knew or cared.