Nintendo switch will use USB-C cables for charging

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onionberry said:

Soundwave said:

I think people are confusing this with Micro USB.

USB-C is a *different format*, your cell phone Micro USB cables will not work with this.

USB-C has many other advantages, but odds are not many people have these cables in their homes yet.

There's no way the 3DS could've used this, this format didn't exist back then. 

no, people are happy because this thing charges your device really fast, user friendly, can be used for external processing power and different inputs like hdmi and vga etc, also, not propietary and you can buy a cheap one or an expensive one.

What she said. People are happy because the Switch charger won't be only for the Switch, and your future phone/tablet/whatever charger will work on the Switch too. Less cables to manage, no need to go buy a new one for the Switch if you lose it, just use one you already have.

Now if Nintendo makes the charger the same way Apple and everybody else is, in which it is essentially an adapter with a USB port that allows the cable to unplug and get power from any PC or device with a USB port, that would be divine.