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		cabalamat on Sept 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe drafts law to ban mobile roaming charges > Another really excellent thing the EU did is to mandate mini USB as phone chargers Wasn't it the Chinese who originally mandated that? Either way, it's a good thing.

Someone on Sept 6, 2013 | [–]

AFAIK, the EU initiated that. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_External_Power_Supply

(and it is _micro_ USB. Not that much smaller than mini USB, but thinner and better, mechanically. See http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/18552/why-was...)

mason240 on Sept 6, 2013 | [–]

Google mandated it for all phones with Android, which it when it became the de facto standard.

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