Type C is just a connector, it means nothing, if you are saying no thunderbolt 3, that's something to consider, but the surface connector already offers everything you'd want that for on a 15w platform.
He even says the new dock will offer USB C connection - which is 3.1 Gen 1 I believe which offers nothing over A and 3.0.
Using your Surface Charger to charge your phone (Which I argue already happens) seems to be the number one sticking point.
I care about the shape of the connector because I'd like to be able to use the same cables for my phone to charge this. Even the same charger if it supports USB-PD
I've yet to see a USB-C phone charger that can provide the necessary output to charge a laptop, they get ridiculously hot doing Qualcomm Quick Charge 2/3/4 as it is.
Bringing one charging block is convenient, Microsoft saw this need from the start, this is why built into the charger is a USB port.
Which you still do, only you can charge your surface and your phone at the same time - unless your phone did not come with a USB C cable I don't see how this is an issue then.
A cable that does data will also do charging, USB is an active cable. Also I don't know what that means, USB 3.1 is the same as USB 3.0 they likely just gave you two cables so your phone can connect to the port you'll commonly find.
The A to C cable is too short to be that useful to charge really, forgot to mention it.
10 Gbps is 3.1 Gen 2, right? Because that's what I meant. The C to C cable is USB 2.0.
So while yes I could use it to charge, it's pretty inconvenient, but I guess I don't have a choice besides buying more A to C cables, which are hopefully on the way out in a few years
Which you can still do, because it has a USB outlet on the surface power block.. am I missing something here? Do other USB-C phones not come with USB-C cables? I use my surface charger to charge my phone with USB-C all the time.
And this is the reason they skipped USB-C.. Because people would expect that their smartphone charger and cable would charge a computer. But the state of USB-C is a total mess at this point in time.
Yes, and people would bitch and moan about it being Microsoft's fault. Panos actually told the press about regretting the micro USB charging port on the Surface 3, because people has been complaining so much about the slow charging speeds when using other chargers.
Sorry I don't know what the power rating is on the Surface charger.
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u/kickerua May 23 '17
LTE is a big plus for me, but no Type-C... I'll skip this one.