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A Call for Standards on Mobile Handset Cables

I mean, both the chargers and the data cables (since in some handsets, they are one and the same). We have tons of them — the mini-USB, the micro-USB, serial cable, the SE, Samsung and LG proprietary ports, the iPhone, the HTC ports and so many more.

That doesn’t even end there — a single manufacturer can even have multiple ports for different models of their handsets.

I do understand some of the reason why they had to adapt their own power/data ports and it’s primary because they don’t want their own chargers/data cables being used by users for other branded handsets. But for one manufacturer to use multiple ports for different models of their own brand is very weird.

Ok, so I lost my data/charger cable for my HTC Hero. The port lloks like your regular mini-USB but the trapezoid shape doesn’t actually fit the standard one. I had to go around and look for a replacement data/charger cable to no avail. I also have another cable from my Google Nexus One, which is basically just a rebranded HTC handset, but that one uses a micro-USB.

Can they just get along and adapt a single cable format? I’d vote for the micro-USB. It’s readily available in stores and you can buy them for just a couple hundred bucks.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

30 Responses

  1. Avatar for Jayden Scott Jayden Scott says:

    you can always tell the quality of USB cables by looking at the thickness of the cable. thicker usb cables have higher quality ‘`”

  2. Avatar for cable manufacturer cable manufacturer says:

    Hey I am an IT help desk guy, I read the post, its really nice post. Thank you for sharing the information with all, I have take your link and share with my friends

  3. Avatar for limewire limewire says:

    dang amazing story man.

  4. Avatar for ligrev ligrev says:

    I totally agree with this. Hehe.

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  5. Avatar for Miguel Miguel says:

    Being worked on chief – OMTP Common Charging and Local Data Connectivity (there’s a new version, not yet public.

  6. Avatar for Jaypee Jaypee says:

    Not only should they come up with a standard cable but also a standard charger, something like the AT&T Zero Charger that has USB compatibility, saves energy and is environment friendly.

  7. Avatar for Herce Herce says:

    You are more than a year late to the party man :).

    See: http://news.cnet.com/Pros-seem-to-outdo-cons-in-new-phone-charger-standard/2100-1041_3-6209247.html but it was big news at the time and all over the net.

  8. Avatar for manong manong says:

    “On 17 February 2009, the GSM Association announced that they had agreed on a standard charger for mobile phones. The standard connector to be adopted by 17 manufacturers including Nokia, Motorola and Samsung is to be the micro-USB connector ”

    EVERYBODY HAPPY???

  9. Avatar for manong manong says:

    it topic is sooo late… or am i reading a very old post?

  10. Avatar for techiewitty techiewitty says:

    Thats great yuga!
    wow, i’ve been looking for this gadget for so long. With my bulky nokia n92 mobile phone, sony erricsson phone plus a pirated china phone in hand, i just need to have this gadget so that i would not end up turn my bag upside down just to look for my chargers for my different phone model. hehehehh.

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