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European MEPs Back Single Charger Standard

posted by Dopefish on Saturday March 15 2014, @08:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the one-plug-to-rule-them-all dept.
lhsi writes "Members of the European Parliament have backed a regulation for all smartphone devices to use a standardized charger, a Micro USB connector being the favored type (and one that is in use already).

The regulation is still only a draft law and must be approved by Europe's council of ministers. However, that body has already given its informal backing to the law, suggesting it will win final approval.

European member states will have until 2016 to translate the regulation into national laws and manufacturers will then have 12 months to switch to the new design

The reason for this regulation is both to help consumers and to cut down on electronic waste (51,000 tonnes annually)."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by ArghBlarg on Thursday March 20 2014, @03:04PM

    by ArghBlarg (1449) on Thursday March 20 2014, @03:04PM (#19026)

    Really? That's what has usually happened to my cables.. they will end up with a pin (usually the rightmost one) flattened, so the cable will only work on some phones or tablets if you wiggle or push gently on the cable while inserted. If what you mean is that the device's plug is less likely to be damaged, sure, that seems to be my experience as well (which is good I guess). But I just find it annoying that the cables themselves die so easily from a backwards insertion.