Please, get a room. 
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Mate....
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Is that a noun or a verb?
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Feel free to interpret it as you wish.... 
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In the end we are all friends here...
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Yup - sounds like USB-C or barrel connector.
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all this conjecture.. i really wish something formal would be stated about the upgrade path and procedures.. Enquiring minds want to know..
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They've just gone through FCC approval. I'm sure there's many months of software debugging and beta-testing ahead before any presumptive large-scale production and release.
IMO, all we know at this stage is that they are planning to release new hardware. And that the hardware has gone through FCC approval.
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Dude can be both too.
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Interesting the input/output on that charger don't exactly match the stated input/output.
I'm not really enamored with USB-C. I like that it isn't directional like the micro-USB. However, it is not as secure in the socket and falls out much easier than the micro-USB or the mini-USB before that. Make USB-C (I guess then it would be USB-D) with some kind of detent so that it locks in when inserted. Now that would be a big improvement.
This thing isn't even on the market and we're planning the next one!!
Seems to me most the miscro-usb cords I have ever used tended to not be very secure after a couple months of use. Granted that's on cell a phone where it is connected and disconnected all the time. But something that is plugged in and left plugged in 99% of the time. they are about equal in that regard. To me the not having to turn it around three times to get it to fit is worth it.
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These chipsets also include Bluetooth at least in some configurations. Not sure if the FCC docs would/should show that or not.
To be fair...the stated output is wrong.
5V * 1.1A != 5.0W
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It's really not that much different.
Type-C: "The extraction force shall be within the range of 6 N to 20 N after 10,000 insertion/ extraction cycles."
MicroUSB extraction force: "8N (MIN) after 10000 insertion/extraction cycles"
USB 2.0 (Type A and B) extraction force: "10 Newtons minimum"
USB 3.1 (A, B, micro): not less than 8 N after cycling
6 Newtons is over 1 lbf.
All I know is that in my car, the Micro-USB tended to stay plugged in better than the USB-C does for my phone while traveling. I guess that means that the Type C tends toward the low end and the Micro-USB was higher than the minimum.
