Why Mobile Phones of Major Brands Are Not Fully Popularized by USB Type-C Interfaces

I wonder if you have discovered that many newly released mobile phones still use the micro USB interface instead of the new USB Type-C interface. We also know that the popularity of the USB Type-C interface is almost two years faster than before. All kinds of touts have made the USB Type-C interface a big trend in the unified USB interface industry. This is not the case. Why are the major brands of mobile phones still not fully popularizing the USB Type-C interface?

The answer is also very simple, because each new interface technology launch will face compatibility issues, although USB Type-C can be compatible with the old USB standard, but users need to buy additional adapters to complete the compatibility, and the current market USB Type- C various interface is not so rich, and because the use of USB Type-C interface is not so much mobile phone products, for many users, go out to carry a variety of adapter cable, and even want to charge only use their own The USB Type-C interface data cable that comes standard with the mobile phone, or use the interface accessories like Apple's mobile phone. However, when you want to charge the current market, you need the data cable of the micro USB interface. Therefore, the user needs to carry at least two data lines: one micro data cable and one USB Type-C data cable.

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In addition, the true USB Type-C interface needs to support the USB3.1 standard, and currently most of the mobile phones in the market still only support the USB2.0 standard, which results in the transmission speed and charging of devices using the USB Type-C interface. It does not play an advantage. This is also a problem that is currently being considered by mobile phone manufacturers. At this stage, micro USB can also achieve the USB 2.0 transmission rate and charging speed, and the product can also have more third-party accessories, and at the same time the user Save on subsequent costs, so most vendors are reluctant to risk launching USB Type-C interface phones.