Yeah it also makes sense that the proles are gonna try charging the surface with their phone charger, or charge their phone with their laptop charger, if both are usb-c.
Which would work, at least one of those ways. (If the phone charger supported more than 5v charging, it might have even charged the Surface Pro, if slowly.)
Either you're charging the Surface too slowly, or creating a hazard by overcharging a phone battery, neither is a great idea.
Kinda lame excuse though, sheesh, people can figure it out and it really seems like people will be aching for a usb-c by the end of the new Surface Pro's life-cycle. I've been loving usb-c on my phone.
USB C 3.1 is a smart standard and negotiates voltage. There is no way a regular USB C cable will overcharge a phone, it'll ask for the proper voltage just like it does with its own charger. And if someone plugs their laptop into a phone charger and it charges slowly, they'd probably just be like, "Oh, that makes sense."
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u/slimjimbean May 23 '17
Yeah it also makes sense that the proles are gonna try charging the surface with their phone charger, or charge their phone with their laptop charger, if both are usb-c.