Soon.. one charger for all phones in the world

An ambitious project unveiled by the European Commission on Thursday seeks to standardize mobile phone chargers and other small electrical devices by using a specific type known as USB-C.

The proposed memorandum from the Commission, which has yet to be approved by MEPs and EU countries, aims to standardize charging ports for all smartphones, tablets, cameras, audio helmets and handheld game consoles.

The European Commission launched this project years ago, and in January 2020 it was also the focus of a decision issued by the European Parliament, but it clashed for a long time with the opposition of companies operating in the sector, despite the significant decline in the number of types of chargers in existence over the years.

The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, said in a statement that this decision constitutes "a victory for consumers and the environment. Europeans are fed up with heterogeneous chargers stacked in their drawers."

And the Apple group, which asserts that its “Lightning” technology is present in more than a billion devices around the world, was quick to express its opposition.

The American group Avi considered that "this law will stifle creativity instead of encouraging it and will harm consumers in Europe and the world."