Why Was Mini USB Deprecated in Favor of Micro USB?
And for those who disbelieve the 'it isn't reliable' story, I've got some worthless evaluation boards you can have where the mini-USB plug will no longer reliably hold on to a USB cable. Not a data set I realize, but I was glad when people switched to micro which has proven more reliable for me.Of course lightning was better still but alas Apple wasn't going to share that with the world so we have USB C.