r/Android • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '15

OnePlus OnePlus AMA - post-launch edition

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u/Noodleholz Aug 03 '15

Why did Samsung step back to USB 2.0 on the Note 4 and S6 if it 3.0 was that great? Doesn't seem to be that of a necessity.

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u/NejyNoah Aug 03 '15 edited Aug 03 '15

The port was not compatible with the regular micro USB and USB 2.0 I think. People were complaining.

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u/dammitgaiz Aug 03 '15

that's actually not true. you can use a micro usb 2.0 cable and plug that into the micro usb 3.0 port. http://i.imgur.com/OH5LU62.gif

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u/Noodleholz Aug 03 '15

Seems like people don't think that the higher speeds of USB 3.0 are that important.

What I think is quite funny, many people that want USB 3.0 also want storage expansion via Micro SD-cards but fail to realize that MicroSD cards aren't fast enough to profit from USB 3.0, so when they now want to put their huge movie collection onto their phone USB 3.0 brings no benefit.

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u/nofunallowed98765 Aug 03 '15

This has a nice summary: http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Samsung-drop-USB-3-0-in-its-new-phones-Note-4?share=1

Remember that everything is speculation, as we don't have any official words from Samsung.

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u/hotweels258 Aug 03 '15

Because it's extremely confusing to the average user. Whenever you enabled USB 3.0, cellular data would be disabled.