USB C: The Other Side of the Dongle Mess

Over the last five years, if there has been one topic in discussion in every way possible by phone and laptop manufactures, media, and tech enthusiasts, it is USB C. How it works, whether it is better than older versions, how fast companies will adapt to it, the possibilities of its uses and many more questions and topics are the focus of these discussions. So why is it in the discussion? And why should device manufacturers switch over? The simple answer is that USB C is fast. As fast as a thunderbolt. Excuse the pun. USB C came into being in 2014, followed by newer, faster iterations of it over the last 5 years. When Apple made the MacBook with just a single USB C port, it was outrageous! It pushed people to think about the I/O panels on devices. If one port can do it all, can form factors be smaller? Can they have one port for everything including charging? How this can change the average user’s life is the question to ask. Let’s use this blog to take a look at ...