That is straight up not true. I have multiple flagship devices with mini-USB and, within those, some have mini-A while others have mini-B. Google’s own Nexus devices had mini-USB connectors.

[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The first "Google phone" was the HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1) with MiniUSB. Next was the Nexus One with MicroUSB. Everything after used MicroUSB until the Nexus 5X with USB-C.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It feels like you’re arguing semantics. Are you only counting Google-branded devices? What about other Android flagships made by Samsung? HTC?

[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google’s own Nexus devices had mini-USB connectors.

I was addressing this point in particular. There were no "Nexus" devices with MiniUSB, so it was clear quite early that Google considered MicroUSB to "the right port" for Android.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s not true. I have a Nexus tablet with mini-USB. So either you only mean phones or you’re wrong.

[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which tablet? I checked every device on https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sQuickSearch=yes&sName=nexus, and none have Mini USB. There were two Nexus 7 tablets with Micro USB.

[–] protput@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might be true for a very select few devices. Before usb-c I have never seen something else besides micro USB on an android device (besides the micro USB 3.0 connection, but you could put a normal micro USB cable in those)

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the common EPS initiative (mandating USB 2.0 micro-B) was in effect since 2009. That's right around the time smartphones were getting popular. Even my last slide phone had micro-USB. Maybe there were different models for different markets though, a product doesn't need to follow EU law if it's only sold in the US.