The International Telecommunication Union, which is a branch of the UN, has approved the microUSB as a future universal phone charger. Why does the UN care about phone chargers? It all comes down to waste and pollution. A universal charger would save 51,000 tons of waste if it were already in use. That’s why the UN cares so much about the charging standard. Unfortunately the universal charging solution will fully be adopted by 2012 which means that we’re looking at even more unnecessary waste that could have been avoided! At least we’re hoping that by that time most carriers and cell phone makers out there will switch to the UCS.
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