Any Micro-USB cable worth its salt—even Micro-USB–to–USB-C cables—can carry up to 15 W of charging power (although most tap out around 12 W) and transfer data at sluggish USB 2.0 speeds ...

You can easily connect your Xbox One controller to your Xbox One console wirelessly or with a micro-USB. And it's also compatible with the series X|S.

Charging cables suck. I know it. You know it. They friggin' suck, especially ones that only go in one way, like Micro USB and full-sized USB (aka USB Type-A).

You can also connect your Xbox One controller directly to your console with a micro USB cable, or get a different rechargeable battery pack. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Samsung used micro-USB 3.0 on the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S5, but by the time the Galaxy Note 4 came out it had already given up and went back to micro-USB 2.0.

Micro-USB is more obnoxious, with a trapezoidal connector that you can only insert in one direction–you have a 50/50 chance of getting it right the first time. It’s also, in my experience, one ...