OnePlus Reveals USB Type-C Connector On OnePlus Two Smartphone

[Guest]

OnePlus announced that the upcoming OnePlus Two smartphone will make use of the USB Type-C connector.

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[fonzy]

Hopefully this starts a trend.

 

[wurkfur]

I just came.

 

[JamesSneed]

Maybe just maybe all smart phones will move to power and connectivity via USB type-c. Would be nice to share power cables for Android and iphones. Once can dream I guess.

 

[CRITICALThinker]

The saygus v-squared is stated to have a type c port as well.

 

[jasonelmore]

Hopefully this starts a trend.

it's already a trend set in stone.. it's inevitable

 

[lawrenceowns]

I have the OnePlus One, I love this addition. Can't wait to get the two so I can sell my One.

 

[vishnumrao]

I really hope they launch a OnePlus phone with Windows OS.

 

[f-14]

" we report that we have nothing to report, this site is mostly rumor and conjecture with very little to do with hardware"

 

[scolaner]

" we report that we have nothing to report, this site is mostly rumor and conjecture with very little to do with hardware"

Mm, I don't follow.

 

[aldaia]

I really hope they launch a OnePlus phone with Windows OS.

Considering the tiny market share of Windows OS on smartphones, that is somthing that a samll company cannot afford. Maybe a company like samsung that launches tens of news smnarphones every year can launch a few of them with Windows OS. But certainly not a company that has a single phone in the market, and is launching the second one.

 

[poochiepiano]

Will Type-C allow for faster charging? Or just faster data transfer?

 

[Larry Litmanen]

I just came.

Why? Is there really a need to move files on and off the phone that fast? Of course faster is always better but i think regular USB gets the job done.

 

[scolaner]

The saygus v-squared is stated to have a type c port as well.

I just came.

Why? Is there really a need to move files on and off the phone that fast? Of course faster is always better but i think regular USB gets the job done.

There's a lot more to it. Here's some additional reading:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/usb-3.1-usb-type-c-connector,27796.html

Now, the big question is, which version of USB will it use? OnePlus won't share that information with us yet, unfortunately...

 

[Thudo]

@Larry - So was 640kB of Ram was supposedly enough back in the 80s.

There will ALWAYS be a need for faster, smaller, affordable. Always! We cannot REMOTELY have enough speed and power. More.. MOAR!!!!

 

[scolaner]

The saygus v-squared is stated to have a type c port as well.

Thanks for the heads up on that. Slipped by us. We pinged Saygus for confirmation and got the good word: USB Type-C indeed, using USB 3.0.

Here's our updated article: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/saygus-v-squared-smartphone,29380.html

 

[back_by_demand]

I really hope they launch a OnePlus phone with Windows OS.

Considering the tiny market share of Windows OS on smartphones, that is somthing that a samll company cannot afford. Maybe a company like samsung that launches tens of news smnarphones every year can launch a few of them with Windows OS. But certainly not a company that has a single phone in the market, and is launching the second one.

I seem to remember recently a smaller Japanese phone maker called Freetel has announced 2 Windows 10 handsets, the Katana 01 and Katana 02. Probably won't set the world on fire, but does blow the theory out of the water that someone other than Samsung can take the plunge.

 

[scolaner]

I really hope they launch a OnePlus phone with Windows OS.

Considering the tiny market share of Windows OS on smartphones, that is somthing that a samll company cannot afford. Maybe a company like samsung that launches tens of news smnarphones every year can launch a few of them with Windows OS. But certainly not a company that has a single phone in the market, and is launching the second one.

I seem to remember recently a smaller Japanese phone maker called Freetel has announced 2 Windows 10 handsets, the Katana 01 and Katana 02. Probably won't set the world on fire, but does blow the theory out of the water that someone other than Samsung can take the plunge.

A couple of things to bear in mind about Windows on mobile devices: It's true that it's market share in the U.S. is basically a rounding error, but the penetration in some other countries is actually in double digits. Further, Microsoft told us that handset makers in developing countries are asking for Windows; it's a way to create some differentiation for those customers. They want something other than Android. So, it's actually a lot of the smaller handset guys that are diving in to Windows. We just aren't seeing a lot of that in the U.S.

I wrote about this around MWC: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-global-windows-phone-strategy,28697.html