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0 pointsitsaidpens6y ago0 comments

Yep! Here's one - it's light on specifics but the gist is that Apple was heavily influential on the actual connector design, not anything related to spec/bus etc.

https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/14/apple-invent-usb-type-c/

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daxterspeed6y ago

I'd personally say it's a bit gratuitous to say that Apple designed the connector, but their contribution was clearly significant, even if the politics of the matter mean that we'll never truly know if Apple spearheaded the design or made any significant demands.

Still, an interesting bit of history!

itsaidpensOP6y ago

Agreed. I wish we had more details. A hint of apple's touch is simply the radius of the connector metal - it's very elegant.

dTal6y ago

I mean, the radius is half the thickness of the connector - it couldn't really be anything else.

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tesseract6y ago

And also that the shells are typically deep-drawn (and therefore seamless) rather than folded.

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