At the time it came out, definitely, considering its main competitors for a standardised connector were Mini USB and Micro USB, which were serviceable but not that great...

Could be worse though, you could've been stuck with "superspeed" Micro USB like some folks were, those were just plain awful to use.

[–] Ferris@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

pretty sure my samsung Note had that

The problem with mini and micro was that they were asymmetrical and very small, imo. at least you could tell which side the indent was on without looking with superspeed. Good luck getting it in the hole without looking, though.

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure Samsung released a couple phones with it. The Note 3, S5, and I think the active that year had it. I worked in retail then and everyone in awhile people would come in looking for the specific cable and had no idea it would charge with standard micro USB.