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What is a USB-C?
The USB-C features a new, smaller connector shape that is fully reversible. As devices become smaller and thinner, the old larger USB ports are becoming no longer compatible and will become progressively phased out over time - eventually the USB-C connector will become the single connector standard that every device should be able to use. Whilst connectors are not backwards compatible, the standards are, and so adapters can be used with older devices.
The main advantages are:
• Reversible, so it doesn’t matter which way in it is plugged
• Small enough and flat enough to fit on even the thinnest devices
• Offers double the transfer speed of USB 3 at 10 Gbps
• Easy to make compatible with all devices
• Eliminates the need for multiple wires
• Double sided
The USB-C connector is also being considered to replace the current 3.5mm standard headphone jack as it progressively becomes an even more engrained standard.
