What micro USB or mini USB devices do you still own?

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pete6032

pete6032

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USB type C has been around for some time now and I rarely have to get out a mini USB cable anymore but I still have some devices on each standard, including my wireless headphones, Raspberry Pi, and DSLR on Micro USB, and even a very old point and shoot digital camera which runs Mini USB. I will be happy to get rid of all my Micro and Mini USB cables some day.
 
ultimatebob

ultimatebob

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I have a lot of stuff that still uses Micro USB ports. My Google Home Mini has one, as does one of my wireless phone chargers and my Logitech Harmony remotes. My XBox One controllers have Micro USB ports on them as well.

Almost all of my older Android stuff has one, although all of that stuff is a few years old and is ready for the recycling bin.

Only recently did I start getting devices that come with USB-C ports. My daughter's cell phone as one, as does my new Macbook Pro.
 
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lxskllr

lxskllr

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I have nothing that uses usb C. I own usb mini stuff, but none of it's in use.
 
Red Squirrel

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Phone and power bank, various Raspberry Pis as well... and I feel I'm missing something. Only thing I have that uses USB C (I think it's that?) is my Gopro, which is kinda a pain since I'm always having to chase down a cable that will fit when all my cables are micro USB.
 
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EarStudio ES100 and a Kindle. Oh and a couple rechargeable batteries that I use for a keychain flashlight.

Phone, battery packs, laptops, all the big stuff is USB PD at this point.

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Kaido

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Ajay said:
Ugh, too many, and I have always hated micro-usb.
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Same. Breaks so easily! Just off the top of my head:

1. I think my older Amazon Echo Dots
2. Oculus Go VR headset (for charging)
3. Wireless cheapo Bluetooth headphones off Amazon (charging case is also a battery, pretty neat)
4. Suction-cup waterproof speaker for my shower
5. 25k mAh charging batteries (carry one in my lunchbox for when I need juice OTG)
6. Anker Qi wireless charging dock for my iPhone
7. Bunch of other crap. Playstation 4 controllers I think uses micro's

Edit: Wow, I am a nerd & have way too much tech stuff lol
 
MrSquished

MrSquished

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Both my Olympus OM-D cameras are firmware upgradeable with mini USB.

Phone, Sennheiser Momentum TW2's and power banks are USB-C

Kindle, gaming headphones, portable car jumping battery, Fenix rechargeable CR123A size battery and Beats Solo3 are all Micro USB
 
pete6032

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Kaido said:
Same. Breaks so easily! Just off the top of my head:

1. I think my older Amazon Echo Dots
2. Oculus Go VR headset (for charging)
3. Wireless cheapo Bluetooth headphones off Amazon (charging case is also a battery, pretty neat)
4. Suction-cup waterproof speaker for my shower
5. 25k mAh charging batteries (carry one in my lunchbox for when I need juice OTG)
6. Anker Qi wireless charging dock for my iPhone
7. Bunch of other crap. Playstation 4 controllers I think uses micro's

Edit: Wow, I am a nerd & have way too much tech stuff lol
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I'm fine with things that are plugged in regularly using Micro USB, like Google home or Playstation controllers. It's just things that need to be changed regularly that are a pain. My laptop, tablet, and phone are all USB type C, so scrounging around for a Micro USB cable to charge my headphones once every three weeks is a minor annoyance.
 
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pete6032 said:
I'm fine with things that are plugged in regularly using Micro USB, like Google home or Playstation controllers. It's just things that need to be changed regularly that are a pain. My laptop, tablet, and phone are all USB type C, so scrounging around for a Micro USB cable to charge my headphones once every three weeks is a minor annoyance.
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I have a technology shelf I call the Juice Bar. It's a small UPS with a bunch of different chargers (Lightning, Micro-USB, USB-C, Qi) so that I can randomly toss crap on there as needed without having to hunt around for the right plug. Plus if the power goes out, I can get a few charges out of the battery. It cost about $100 to build (small UPS plus various cables) but is really effective for removing the exact annoying situation you've experienced, lol.
 
BoomerD

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Our Galaxy S9+ phones are the only USB C devices we have everything else, except the iPads are USB micro.
 
ElFenix

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My soundcard is mini USB. I think that's the only thing I have in regular use with mini.

Usb C devices are my phone, a battery pack, a 10" fire, an 8bitdo controller, and a 3rd party camera battery charger.
 
PingSpike

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I think the only USB-C device I own is an 8bitdo controller. I have quite a lot of mini and micro USB devices floating around.

I started buying stuff like shavers and the like that uses micro USB or at least had a USB cable. Why do I need tons of useless wall warts to throw away and clutter the place up when I can just plug everything into an existing USB wall charger?
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

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MicroUSB is still all over the place. I have drones, my Kindles, and dozens of electronics that still use it. MiniUSB is mainly used in hard drive enclosures...I think that has something to do with power delivery (not sure).
 
Fritzo

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PingSpike said:
I think the only USB-C device I own is an 8bitdo controller. I have quite a lot of mini and micro USB devices floating around.

I started buying stuff like shavers and the like that uses micro USB or at least had a USB cable. Why do I need tons of useless wall warts to throw away and clutter the place up when I can just plug everything into an existing USB wall charger?
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Kinda digging USB C lately. My Pixel phones have always had it. New laptops we're getting in charge via USB-C. The data transfer rate on a 3.1 port is INSANE- like 10x of gigabit Ethernet!
 
CZroe

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Used miniUSB to update the firmware on my PC Engine UperGrafx UGX-02 last night. It also uses it for dumping HuCards, digital screen captures, backing up save RAM banks, and a couple other little things.

It's a $400 optical drive emulator and digital video adapter for the old 1987 PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 videogame consoles.

I guess you could say that I use microUSB every time I put my phone into my wireless charging car dock but that may as well be permanently tethered to the wireless charging dock since the whole point of a wireless charger is to stop plugging and unplugging cables.

Then there are PS4 controllers. Just like PS3 kept people using miniUSB for longer than they otherwise would have, so has the PS4 kept people using microUSB for longer than they would have. It is still the most-current Playstation, after all. Heck, the PS3 continued influencing people for years longer, since Playstation VR was introduced in 2016 with the PS3-style miniUSB Playstation Move controllers. At some point Move controllers updated from miniUSB to microUSB but it had to be 2017 or later and the vast majority of Move controllers you could find continued to be miniUSB to this day.
 
pete6032

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Fritzo said:
Kinda digging USB C lately. My Pixel phones have always had it. New laptops we're getting in charge via USB-C. The data transfer rate on a 3.1 port is INSANE- like 10x of gigabit Ethernet!
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Yes, I got a new laptop last year that has it and it's great. So thankful to be rid of proprietary laptop chargers! I can also plug the charger into any port on either side of the device so if the electrical outlet is to the right of me I can plug the charger into the right side USB type C port and if the outlet is on the left side of me I can plug it into the left side of the USB type C port. Makes it much easier to manage the cable and not be prone to tripping over it or accidentally pulling it out of the socket.
 
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Tablets that are only ever used on travel
A power block/battery that I rarely use but still have around for if something like the power goes out during hurricane season...
 
JEDI

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pete6032 said:
USB type C has been around for some time now and I rarely have to get out a mini USB cable anymore but I still have some devices on each standard, including my wireless headphones, Raspberry Pi, and DSLR on Micro USB, and even a very old point and shoot digital camera which runs Mini USB. I will be happy to get rid of all my Micro and Mini USB cables some day.
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wtf is usb type C?!
is that usb 4.0?

i dont think my laptop that i bought in March of this year has it.
(Dell intel '10th Gen' quad core)
 
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