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The Deal With USB-C, Chip Shortages and Tesla’s New Robot
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3 years ago
The Deal With USB-C, Chip Shortages and Tesla’s New Robot
STEVE
And some of the things I wanted to talk about, I was reading through this and Marlo, you mentioned during the break a little bit we’re talking about Apple chargers and that kind of dovetails into one of the articles. So let’s talk about the chargers first. So, the European Union has come out with a dictate. It concerns Apple and there’s a little dark side to this that you brought up, and we’ll get into that. But, on the surface this should make a lot of Apple users happy. One of the big headaches with Apple, my wife’s an Apple user, I’m not, but every time she gets a new phone, she’s gotta get a new charging cord. Or because they change it with every phone.
MARLO
And you could maybe say the same with Android too. Maybe not as often. USB-C‘s been around for a couple years now.
STEVE
Yeah, once I switch to C, I’m sticking with C. That’s it.
MARLO
You can stream video through it. So, you can hook it up to your television. It’s like an HDMI in that regard. It’s very universal. So, the European Union has stated that by 2024, all smartphones and all tablets have to use USB-C. There is no other exception.
STEVE
And we’ve heard rumblings of that. Talking from the United States that it was coming. So, now that the European Union’s done it, I’m guessing it’s gonna come a little quicker in the United States.
MARLO
It’ll be interesting to see if this comes about and it could be the one caveat that we were just talking about where,
STEVE
Cause that’s the one of my box checkoffs when I’m looking for a new device is, does it have C?
MARLO
Right. But a lot of people don’t think about it until you bring it home and you’re like, “oh my goodness” – it’s got another different one. The challenge that I have with this, now, I like this because I’m the same way as everybody else. I hate carrying all the different chargers. The
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