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Mini and Micro connectors<\/strong><\/p>\n USB Mini A (left) and USB Mini B (right) plugs The Mini-A connector and the Mini-AB receptacle connector were deprecated on 23 May 2007.<\/p>\n While many currently available devices and cables still use Mini plugs, the newer Micro connectors are being widely adopted and as of December 2010, they are the most widely used [citation needed]. The thinner micro connectors are intended to replace the Mini plugs in new devices including smartphones, personal digital assistants, and cameras.<\/p>\n The Micro plug design is rated for at least 10,000 connect-disconnect cycles\u2014significantly more than the Mini plug design.[48] It is also designed to reduce the mechanical wear on the device; instead the easier-to-replace cable is designed to bear the mechanical wear of connection and disconnection. The Universal Serial Bus Micro-USB Cables and Connectors Specification details the mechanical characteristics of Micro-A plugs, Micro-AB receptacles (which accept both Micro-A and Micro-B plugs), and Micro-B plugs and receptacles,[48] along with a Standard-A receptacle to Micro-A plug adapter. The European Standardisation Bodies CEN, CENELEC and ETSI (independent of the OMTP\/GSMA proposal) defined a common External Power Supply (EPS) for use with smartphones sold in the EU based on micro-USB.<\/p>\n 14 of the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturers signed the EU’s common EPS Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).<\/p>\n Apple Inc., one of the original MoU signers, make micro-USB adapters available \u2013 as permitted in the Common EPS MoU \u2013 for its iPhones equipped with Apple’s proprietary 30 pin dock connector or (later) “Lightning” connector.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ..<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mini and Micro connectors USB Mini A (left) and USB Mini B (right) plugs Various connectors have been used for smaller devices such as digital cameras, smartphones, and tablet computers. These include the now-deprecated[42] (i.e. de-certified but standardized) Mini-A and Mini-AB connectors (Mini-B connectors are still supported but not OTG (On The Go, i.e. mobile) …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[763,3,339,340],"class_list":["post-2502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","tag-blog","tag-front-page","tag-microusb","tag-microusb-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVarious connectors have been used for smaller devices such as digital cameras<\/span>, smartphones<\/span>, and tablet computers<\/span>. These include the now-deprecated[42] (i.e. de-certified but standardized) Mini-A and Mini-AB connectors (Mini-B connectors are still supported but not OTG (On The Go, i.e. mobile) compliant).[43] The Mini-B USB connector was standard for transferring data to and from the early data phones and PDAs, such as Blackberrys.
\nThe Mini-A and Mini-B plugs are approximately 3 by 7 mm. The micro-USB plugs have a similar width and approximately half the thickness, enabling their integration into thinner portable devices. The micro-A connector is 6.85 by 1.8 mm with a maximum overmold size of 11.7 by 8.5 mm. The micro-B connector is 6.85 by 1.8 mm with a maximum overmold size of 10.6 by 8.5 mm.[44]\nThe Micro-USB connector was announced by the USB-IF on 4 January 2007.<\/p>\n
\nThe cellular phone carrier group, Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) in 2007 endorsed Micro-USB as the standard connector for data and power on mobile devices[49] In addition, on 22 October 2009 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has also announced that it had embraced micro-USB as the Universal Charging Solution its “energy-efficient one-charger-fits-all new mobile phone solution”, and added: “Based on the Micro-USB interface, UCS chargers also include a 4-star or higher efficiency rating\u2014up to three times more energy-efficient than an unrated charger.”<\/p>\n![\"220px-Certified_USB.svg\"](\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/220px-Certified_USB.svg_.png\")
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