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USB C is about one third of the size of the old-
those portable battery packs you charge your
er USB Type-A plug. With this new technology
smartphones and other portable devices
you’ll just need a single cable, whether you’re
from today. USB Type-C is a worthy upgrade.
connecting an external hard drive to your
It’s making waves as its in the new MacBook,
laptop or charging any smartphone (Apple
but it’s not an Apple-only technology and it will
have adopted this so it may even turn up on an
shortly be appearing in d vices from practically
iPhone soon) from a USB charger.
everyone. Whatever you think of Apple, this
That one tiny connector can be small and fit
time around they’re pushing hard behind
into a mobile device, or be the powerful port
a new standard that everyone can adopt.
you use to connect all the peripherals to your
Over 700 companies support this standard,
laptop. The mess of USB, HDMI, Display Port,
including Apple, Dell, HP, Intel, Microsoft,
VGA, and power ports on typical laptops can be
and Samsung. This is important, because it’s
streamlined into a single type of port.
more likely to be accepted by the majority of
PC manufacturers. How can USB-C work for
Currently, smartphones, tablets, and other
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mobile devices often use a USB connection
to charge. A USB 2.0 connection provides up
to 2.5 watts of power — that’ll charge your
USB-C one cable to rule the
connectivity world...
phone, but that’s about it. A laptop might
require up to 60 watts, for example.
For full details please call us and we will send
You could charge your laptop from one of
our USB C fact sheet
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