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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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What is it with Samsung? While everyone else manages to adopt common chargers across their range, Samsung seem hell bent on filling the landfill sites to overflowing with defunct chargers. Bought a new PAYG J700 as I needed something cheap on 02 (Voda signal is dire here in Kent) and thought I'd grab a car charger - only all the chargers in the shops are for other models. Slot looks identical but is actually about 1mm wider than the "standard" Samsung chargers and it doesn't match any of the chargers we have at home from older Samsungs either. About to order one of fleabay as none of the highstreet mobile shops have anything suitable, and keep trying to sell me the one that doesn't fit. 
I thought the mobile industry was meant to be adopting a common mini USB charger standard? I reckon Samsung will be the last to crumble.
Rant over..... I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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 6th Jan 2010 9:46 am |
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PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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I'm with you on this one ND...it drives me mad...
We had finally managed to settle on one single type of charger at home - the mini USB...this worked for both my phones and my wifes Blackberry.
And then my wife changed her Blackberry and the new one has a.....wait for it......micro USB  The worst thing is that there is room for a normal mini USB too 
It's the same with memory cards - I refuse to buy any Sony stuff as I can't be arsed using anything that doesn't take a SD card. 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG
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| 6th Jan 2010 10:19 am |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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My Nokia N95 has a mini USB...but won't charge from it
My Nokia 5800 has a micro USB...but won't charge from it Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 6th Jan 2010 10:27 am |
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methley
a.k.a. Big Hairy Ski Monster
Member Since: 07 Oct 2008
Location: Marshfield, South Glos
Posts: 2433
 
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Micro USB is the standard which has been adopted as the "common" charger connector for most manufacturers (including Apple, Motorola, Nokia, LG, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson) which will be migrated to by 2012. Andy
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| 6th Jan 2010 10:43 am |
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