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Old 02-08-2014, 07:01 PM   #726 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
In the EU they made a law that states all chargers are the same. Yep works. All the devices in my house - phones, tablets, even stuff like sat navs and radar detectors all use the same micro USB connector shape.

Except for Mrs A's iPhone and A-Junior's iPad.

How did Apple get away with that ?
Because it's not 'really' a charging port, it's a data connection port that happens to also provide power? So tablet charges, and probably would do USB data connection if I didn't have wireless on my router; cell phone charges and does data transfer; cameras only do data transfer, and require separate charger for the battery.

Most US chargers that are only chargers are pretty much the same for a given voltage & current level, so the 'wall warts' are fairly interchangable.
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