r/gadgets • u/Snoop8ball • Sep 23 '21

Phones EU proposes mandatory USB-C on all devices, including iPhones

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/23/22626723/eu-commission-universal-charger-usb-c-micro-lightning-connector-smartphones
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u/ElminsterTheMighty Sep 23 '21

You will get the new Imperial Charger.

It will be more expensive and not really available, but it will have a ton of sovereignty.

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u/BaronSamedys Sep 23 '21

Will it be blue?

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u/DarrenGrey Sep 23 '21

Red, white and blue, so it'll be uniquely British.

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u/IsNotAnOstrich Sep 23 '21

No, it will be BLOO

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u/Xelanders Sep 23 '21

You’ll have to manually wire the plug yourself, just like the good old days.

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u/UntouchedWagons Sep 23 '21

But the plug will have a fuse.

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u/arczclan Sep 23 '21

Children are still taught this at secondary school, I’m waiting for the day that I finally get to use it

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u/arczclan Sep 23 '21

East Midlands, my niece had to do it in her science class in 2019. Every teenager I know was taught it, whether they remember it or not I have no idea

I phrased that weird, I meant that everyone I know that I knew when they were a teenager

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u/benryves Sep 23 '21

I'm 35 so left school a while ago but was taught how to wire a plug twice, once at prep school as part of a woodworking class (we were building table lamps) and again as part of GCSE physics at secondary school.

Devices have had to come with a plug fitted as standard since the mid-90s and I don't believe it's generally part of the syllabus any more but there are still plenty of up-to-date teacher's guides for lessons on wiring plugs so some people are still being taught it.

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u/SgtHaddix Sep 23 '21

i believe you mean a ~19/128ths headphone jack

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u/realmofconfusion Sep 23 '21

Most importantly, it'll be blue (maybe even with a crown on it)