USB Type-C connectors

Ace Modder said:
I don't understand USB type-C connectors
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Yes, you don't :D

Ace Modder said:
So the problem is that device manufacturers are not adopting the TypeC technology because it is niché on a PC, 99% of PCs don't have Type C connector.
So until they start to offer removable cables on stuff like keyboards and mice etc, then I don't see Type C taking over as the choice, because currently it alienates most buyers who cannot use it.
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Ask your self this, how long was it before you saw serial ports, parallel ports, and PS/2 ports disappearing from consumer level computer systems, once USB 1.0 started to be introduced? About a decade or longer, is the answer.
 
Past 2 motherboards I bought have had USBC
I've never even seen a c to c cable for sale.

I might look for one now :p
 
Ace Modder said:
well, I'm yet to find a device that has a USB type C on the input side of a PC device.
Keybaords still use normal USB3.0 and so do USB pens.

The only things I know that uses Type is a phone power charge port, but thats not the PC side.

My S9 is TypeC on the phone but the supplied cable is standard USB on the other end and the wall plug is too - so I don't see the point currently.
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My monitor has a USB C port. It can do video while fast charging my phone.

The idea is that in the long run, USB C will replace all other USB ports, and even display outputs/inputs and power ports.

It's on the way there, it's just not arrived yet.
 
Matt O'Brien said:
-Edit I'm specifically touching on case manufacturers including it on the front I/O, that's what I'm calling a "fad" not USB C in general, in general I think USB C is a great step in the right direction for getting rid of old, unnecessary standards.
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Not really, a lot of people have PCs on their desks, meaning:

  • They can plug their new phone directly to the PC using the new interface
  • Cameras will adopt it more and more probably
  • other stuff
  • profit
EDIT: I'd rather that than the God awful firewire connector
 
wesley said:
Absolutely agree with you.

Cannot see the point of usbc when there is a standard usb connector at the other end, power supply, PC etc.

I have had that thought few years ago

Pointless

My Lenovo P2 phone charge up 5100mah (microusb) battery faster than nexus 5x 2700mah on usbc cahrger.

Pointless again
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I'm not sure you understand what you've actually saying.
 
So now you can basically plug a USB in to your motherboard, plug the other end in to your motherboard, and have a usbception gig going on.
 
I had to buy my usbc to usbc bearing in mind I needed the cable gauge to be able to take the amperage going through it too.

The PD power bank I have can be decimated so quickly with usbc. I'm actually amazed how much powe the PD banks can push without exploding
 
A few people seem to be missing an important factor, USB-C is a connector type just like USB-A, USB-B, microUSB, etc.

It has nothing to do with speeds/standards like USB 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, etc. You can run all of those out of a USB-A port or a USB-C port if you wish, the only defining factor is that certain ones require a specific connector revision (I.E 3.0 and higher require the improved 3.0 variant or better of the B or micro connectors).

You can buy a USB-C to USB-B cable and connect a 18 year old Zip drive to the USB-C port on a brand new X399 board and it will work fine (it just won't run any faster), or you can buy a USB-A to USB-C cable and connect a brand new USB-C smartphone to a 2001 Packard Bell laptop (but your transfer speed will be limited by the standard used), this is the beauty of USB intercompatibility.
 
Matt O'Brien said:
You can get USB C pen drives, but they're obscure/ lesser stocked.
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A lot more USB-C storage drives, SD adaptors, etc. coming out lately but there seems to be two issues - often they have both an older USB connector and a USB-C where only one can be used at a time via either sliding out one end of the casing or the other or partially convert the connector, etc. and a lot of people don't even realise the USB-C function is there.

For some reason a lot of USB-C devices get pulled shortly after being launched and/or replaced with another model very quickly - I'm not sure what is going on there but I'm guessing due to the somewhat fragmented implementation of USB-C and the various standard and non-standard charging/power delivery and additional functionality like video and thunderbolt, etc., etc. flaws have been found, potentially hardware damaging, resulting in them being pulled.

I'm usually fairly resistant to changing standards with plugs, etc. like this but I'd rather just see a wholesale move to USB-C cemented on one standard as it has a lot of potential advantages and most of the fragmented standards, etc. don't really offer any advantages over each other.
 
Personally i can't remember the last time I used a cable to attach my phone to anything.

Between wireless charging, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and NFC i can do everything without a single wire. This is definitely the way forward for mobile devices.

/Salsa
 
Salsa said:
Personally i can't remember the last time I used a cable to attach my phone to anything.

Between wireless charging, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and NFC i can do everything without a single wire. This is definitely the way forward for mobile devices.

/Salsa
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Wireless charging is just so slow though it's impractical unless the only thing your charging is a small phone. Wireless data transfer again, impractically slow for devices like cameras such that most people prefer to still use the card reader.
 
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