[waldojim]

LiveBrianD, on 02 August 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

Surely there's a way to make the 19-pin connector compatible with micro-USB though - for instance, put the extra pins further back in it, so that you can still plug a microUSB cable into it. After all, USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0, even though USB 3 has more pins.

USB 3.0 is only backwards compatible on the Type A connector. The mini/micro connectors are very different. Once more, here is more proof that the "standards" change far too often, while Apple has done everything they can to KEEP a standard. If anything, you really need to look at this and ask yourself, which one REALLY qualifies to be called a "standard"? The one that everyone else uses, and swaps out as needed, or the connector that does everything, and remains unchanged for a decade - easily supporting the newest standards without breaking compatibility?

[LiveBrianD]

waldojim, on 02 August 2012 - 05:56 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 02 August 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

But my point is, why should they deviate from the standard? Plenty of other manufacturers use micro-USB, and when Apple chooses to use a different cable, it just means I need more different cables for the different devices I have.

USB is the standard of the week. Even now, Samsung, Lenovo, and Asus ALL product products that require a proprietary cable that won't be seen again. Where is your outrage over those? You dislike Apple, that is fine. Just hold your standards against everyone before getting upset about it.

I never said I liked those either - at least with phones and tablets, I have a choice. That's part of why I got the Nexus actually. I'd definitely like to see all manufacturers adopt a standard port there (as well as a standard port for laptop power adapters), no doubt about it.