Dieter Bohn Why do all my friends have Lightning cables?

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From: The Verge - Wednesday Aug 15, 2018 02:00 pm
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I remember my Samsung Galaxy S6. It charged over Micro USB, and every time I went to my friends' apartments, I knew I was responsible for my own charger because none of them owned Android phones. I suffered! My phone would die and without a microUSB anywhere, what was I supposed to do? It meant a lot of bodega trips and dead phone time.

I escaped this life when I eventually upgraded to an iPhone 6S. But not everyone is so lucky.

-Ashley
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