The Indian government may introduce laws in the near future to mandate USB-C ports on all smartphones, tablets and laptops. And not long ago, the European Union officially approved a bill to unify USB-C ports. (The EU will unify the charging port for portable smart devices as USB Type-C, which will force Apple to adopt USB-C ports on iPhones and AirPods by the autumn of 2024. Apple is understood to have issued a press release stating that new products in 2023 will follow this EU bill, including the iPhone 15, AirPods 4 and other products that will fully embrace USB-C.
In a government press release, Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, said that a meeting was held recently between various Indian regulatory bodies and private companies. There was a broad consensus among stakeholders on the use of USB Type-C ports in electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops,” the press release reads. The possibility of providing multiple charging ports for feature phones was also discussed at this meeting”.
In fact, in August this year, India began planning to unify its charger interfaces, but there was disagreement over which option to adopt. Unlike the EU, which has always insisted on Type-C interfaces, India had also considered the possibility of Micro-USB interfaces. The reason for this was practical, as the vast majority of consumers in India use cheap mobile phones, even older ones, and most of these models use the Micro-USB interface, so “backwards compatibility” with the technical standard was considered so that the needs of the majority of users could be catered for. However, after a period of discussion, India finally decided that the technology should move forward and that the adoption of Type-C would help companies to adopt more advanced standards and phase out the outdated Micro-USB. After some discussion, India finally decided to unify the Type – C interface, which was actually in the interest of Apple and most manufacturers, and therefore received relatively little resistance.
The USB-C port is approximately 8.3mm x 2.5m in size and has 4 pairs of TX/RX splitters, 2 pairs of USB D+/D-, a pair of SBU, 2 CCs, 4 VBUS and 4 ground cables. It can simultaneously take into account data, power, audio and video transmission functions, it is often called “Huawei port”, but in fact the first to carry this interface is Nokia’s M1 tablet, after the major manufacturers to follow up, LeTV smartphones for the first time equipped with USB-C charging port, after Huawei to further expand its influence, and then influence the entire Smartphones and even the digital device market. At this stage, the USB-C interface, in fact, is not quite complete, as it has a strong competitor in terms of transmission protocol – Thunderbolt – but with Intel’s announcement on 5 March 2019 to completely open up Thunderbolt technology, the USB-C interface has finally completed its transition to this highest specification transmission protocol, receiving an epic “core” enhancement. In the same year, the USB IF Association released the USB4 version, and from this point on, the era of USB-C was officially underway.
USB-C cable will unite ALL.
By the autumn of 2024, all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU will have a common USB-C charging port; China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also finally made a decision on January 10, in response to NetEase CEO Ding Lei’s proposal to clearly reply that it will vigorously promote charging interfaces, technology integration, so as to reduce electronic waste and improve the efficiency of resource use. Starting from the Macbook only equipped with USB-C interface, now more and more notebooks and tablets, in order to thin and light in order to compatible, the various interfaces reduced to only USB-C interface left. In the field of smart wear, devices such as Bluetooth headsets and watches have also been updated to use USB-C ports, and in the field of mobile phones, with the exception of Apple, USB-C has also been unified. With the EU regulation and the decision of the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the last piece of the USB-C puzzle in the mobile phone sector will be completed around 2024 for Apple. But is this the end of the expansion of USB-C? It could be much more than that.
The first is the application of the weak current field. The maximum power supply of USB-C has reached 240W (48V/5A), but you may not know that the power of a household three-door refrigerator is only 90-200W, and the power of a 75-inch LCD TV is also It is only about 220W, but this is still not the limit. In the future, a USB-C cable can bear most household weak current products and equipment, power supply for small desk lamps, fans, automatic toothbrush charging, razor charging, and even Some high-power equipment in our impression is also possible.
The other direction is the application of data transmission and signal transmission. The data transmission speed of 80Gbps (10GB/S) is the physical bearer of future digital and intelligent applications, such as AR, VR, and pan-IoT terminals. They are not only instantaneous data The transmission capacity is large, and the problem of power supply must be solved at the same time. USB-C must be the optimal solution at present and for a long time in the future. We can’t help but imagine a scene, a truly unified USB-C scene, where all devices can be connected via USB-C, ranging from refrigerators, washing machines, and sweeping robots to small razors, desk lamps, and alarm clocks. Some people may say that it is impossible, but 187.5KB/s 25 years ago has become 10GB/S, and the 2.5W power supply 25 years ago has become 240W power supply. The times are always changing, and the changes will be accelerated, never shifted by personal will. So, what will happen in the next 25 years? It’s a bit to look forward to.
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