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Yep! Here's one - it's light on specifics but the gist is that Apple was heavily influential on the actual connector design, not anything related to spec/bus et
by itsaidpens 7y ago
Yep! Here's one - it's light on specifics but the gist is that Apple was heavily influential on the actual connector design, not anything related to spec/bus etc.
https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/14/apple-invent-usb-type-c/ https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/14/apple-invent-usb-type-c/
- daxterspeed 7y agoI'd personally say it's a bit gratuitous to say that Apple designed the connector, but their contribution was clearly significant, even if the politics of the matter mean that we'll never truly know if Apple spearheaded the design or made any significant demands. Still, an interesting bit of history!
- itsaidpens 7y agoAgreed. I wish we had more details. A hint of apple's touch is simply the radius of the connector metal - it's very elegant.
- dTal 7y agoI mean, the radius is half the thickness of the connector - it couldn't really be anything else.
- hammock 7y agoIt could be squared off, or some weird shape, the way mini and micro USB were.
- tesseract 7y agoAnd also that the shells are typically deep-drawn (and therefore seamless) rather than folded.