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Re the glamourous Type C USB plug: one should be careful what one wishes for..

On a mechanical level, having 24 pins instead of 5 is not an improvement in a tiny serial socket. Seagate even has a special warning note about keeping debris out of the complicated Type C plug/socket with compressed air, as does Microsoft. They also suggest covering the plug hole with a cover or sock - try that on a pocket calculator in daily use..

A lot of SmartPhone owners are only using Type C USB to charge the battery, as a result some Type C cables are confusingly made for power only, not data.

The 'all-embracing' Type C spec. and subsequent development since invention in 2012 is a mess.
See for example https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comment...s_android/
and 2023 updates on continuing data protocol problems.

All this for a reversible power plug in many cases - a simple power jack would better help those clumsy SmartPhone users who can't cope with the Micro B USB orientation. The Type C socket has no business being fitted to an advanced programmable calculator for normal serial data I/O.

Cleverly the Micro USB is designed to eventually fail at the plug rather than the expensive socket built-in to the laptop or calculator circuit board. A $5 cable change looks good at that point.