USB-C Samsung versus the rest of the world
The battle between Samsung and the rest of the tech will go on and on. And I am the collateral damage yet again.
I always thought USB plugs had some type of lifetime. On the device side there's a fragile blade and everything's got to line up just right and it's got mechanical stress. On the cord side, there's the cable wiggle and the flex. It's an acceptable solution for a problem we have and this is a consumable part.
I typically use sideways cables with braided exterior, reinforced and very flexible. I suggest always using sideways plug cables to minimize the flex on the internal plug base.
When the internal blade breaks you could throw the phone or other device away or you could go get it fixed, maybe, it's a cost benefit decision and it's the cost of doing business.
You could spend months or years wiggling that plug and trying to make it work. And having it fall out right after you walk away. You could make that device limp along but you're going to be pissed.
This is to the benefit of manufacturers. They don't want to change this. They just want to make it easier to plug in and out and be faster and carry more and more electricity.
USB C was great compared to the previous, it had the ability to plug in any direction, and all of a sudden most of my devices could interchange source electricity plug and cable as long as it wasn't a rare high draw device with its own amped up power supply. I have special plugs on the back of my USB distribution strip just for that. I loved it.
And then I got my Galaxy tablet. Which I love. It's wonderful. All kinds of blah blah blah.
I've had Samsung Galaxy phones for years. Been very happy with them. 3 years ago I moved to the Pixel. The Pixel is a bit less flashy/techie but more solid as compared to the Samsung. The Pixel was originally a reference platform, not to be intended for consumers, so in those years I would always go for Samsung.
What the f***? My Pixel phone just stopped charging. It never stops charging. Yes I know that's bad for the battery. I use it as a plug-in device for the most part. That's how I like it. Oh. The cable fell out.
That doesn't happen. Oh. It's the tablet cable. That shouldn't matter. Okay. I see the tablet has the phone cable. Again, it shouldn't matter.
The tablet had stopped charging. And the USB connection is loose.
I look at the various cables and realize I have just introduced something evil into the nest.
I've had 3 years of NOT thinking about a USB cable not working. They all worked.
USB has worked fine for about 3 years for me now. And that's how long I've had my Pixel.
All of a sudden my gut starts churning because I know I have to choose one or the other and I have to make damn sure a Samsung cable never enters my house again.
This is the type of next step experimentation that destroys devices so I don't want to do that. You can destroy a cable which then destroys the next device it's plugged into.
I'm going to tape the Samsung cable to the Samsung device. That tablet's never moving without that cable again. And I just found an old bag with a Samsung charger and two cables in it. Throw them out.
The tablet will become a wall mounted security display/ environmental control device. But it will always be plugged in.
I always thought USB plugs had some type of lifetime. On the device side there's a fragile blade and everything's got to line up just right and it's got mechanical stress. On the cord side, there's the cable wiggle and the flex. It's an acceptable solution for a problem we have and this is a consumable part.
I typically use sideways cables with braided exterior, reinforced and very flexible. I suggest always using sideways plug cables to minimize the flex on the internal plug base.
When the internal blade breaks you could throw the phone or other device away or you could go get it fixed, maybe, it's a cost benefit decision and it's the cost of doing business.
You could spend months or years wiggling that plug and trying to make it work. And having it fall out right after you walk away. You could make that device limp along but you're going to be pissed.
This is to the benefit of manufacturers. They don't want to change this. They just want to make it easier to plug in and out and be faster and carry more and more electricity.
USB C was great compared to the previous, it had the ability to plug in any direction, and all of a sudden most of my devices could interchange source electricity plug and cable as long as it wasn't a rare high draw device with its own amped up power supply. I have special plugs on the back of my USB distribution strip just for that. I loved it.
And then I got my Galaxy tablet. Which I love. It's wonderful. All kinds of blah blah blah.
I've had Samsung Galaxy phones for years. Been very happy with them. 3 years ago I moved to the Pixel. The Pixel is a bit less flashy/techie but more solid as compared to the Samsung. The Pixel was originally a reference platform, not to be intended for consumers, so in those years I would always go for Samsung.
What the f***? My Pixel phone just stopped charging. It never stops charging. Yes I know that's bad for the battery. I use it as a plug-in device for the most part. That's how I like it. Oh. The cable fell out.
That doesn't happen. Oh. It's the tablet cable. That shouldn't matter. Okay. I see the tablet has the phone cable. Again, it shouldn't matter.
The tablet had stopped charging. And the USB connection is loose.
I look at the various cables and realize I have just introduced something evil into the nest.
I've had 3 years of NOT thinking about a USB cable not working. They all worked.
USB has worked fine for about 3 years for me now. And that's how long I've had my Pixel.
All of a sudden my gut starts churning because I know I have to choose one or the other and I have to make damn sure a Samsung cable never enters my house again.
This is the type of next step experimentation that destroys devices so I don't want to do that. You can destroy a cable which then destroys the next device it's plugged into.
I'm going to tape the Samsung cable to the Samsung device. That tablet's never moving without that cable again. And I just found an old bag with a Samsung charger and two cables in it. Throw them out.
The tablet will become a wall mounted security display/ environmental control device. But it will always be plugged in.