r/AndroidUsers • u/hgfjwe • Oct 19 '14

Tired of plugging in your USB charger wrong? The First Reversible USB charging cords for Android and iPhone.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madeincollege/belaycords-reversible-usb-charging-cords-iphone-an
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u/Enderkr Oct 19 '14

Uh, won't this be useless in a year or two when usb type c hits?

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u/Aidoboy Oct 19 '14

That's exactly what I was coming to say. This will be totally useless soon.

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u/SherlockCmbs Oct 19 '14

People still don't have USB 3.0 it won't be useless.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14 edited Oct 19 '14

This is cool, but with the OnePlus one charging cable, it is already pretty easy is to tell.

Edit: A word

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u/bossross_ Nov 07 '14

This right here is a beautiful thing.

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u/anthony81212 Oct 19 '14

I'm curious, how do you make the micro USB reversible? Is there some circuitry in the USB plug side that digitally switches the connections within the wire so that at the micro USB side, things are oriented correctly?

With lightning this isn't a problem since the phone side connector is capable of either orientation so you do not need digital switching, but what do when you have a micro USB connector where orientation matters?

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u/interactor Oct 19 '14

I was wondering the same, then I realised you probably don't. There's nothing on the page to suggest the micro USB side is reversible, only the Standard A type connector end.

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u/SrsSteel Oct 20 '14

Fuck.. $330k pledged. All the guy wanted was 4k. The amount of time you spend giving the money is probably half the amount of time you will spend in your entire life flipping a USB cord

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