USB big VS small

kaisterkai

kaisterkai

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It just so came to my mind about having different szie USB... I see sometimes that the smaller USB cost lesser than the bigger ones.. So I heard from someone where I used to work.. He said that on the smaller USB, they leave out was is not really needed, but it's better to have..that's why it's cheaper.. So basically the smaller ones breaks easier than the big ones..

So I was just thinking now is that really true?:confused:
 
It would be useful if you specified are you talking about USB flash drives? If so, bigger/smaller capacity or physical size. I'm struggling to make sense of you are really asking
 
No, that's not true at all. Have a cheapish Sahara branded flash drive (bought in 2006). The thing is huge compared to my SuperTalent Pico C flash drive, but they both work equally well.
 
Normal USB
Mini-A USB
Mini-B USB
Micro USB

I think that they all have the same contacts, the Normal USB is obviously more robust.
 
I suspect he's talking about flash drives, and their physical size. I'd say it's got nothing to do with the size re quality, but rather price. Let's say Kingston sell a 4GB Flash drive direct for R69, and a different Flash drive for R129, which is also 4GB. Why the price discrepancy. Merely because the cheaper one was cheaper to make, because they used a combination of the following possibilities.

Inferior quality silicon
Inferior quality components
Less components, for example, leaving out a voltage protection circuit.
Cheaper plastic for casing, as opposed to nice slick aluminium shell.
etc...

However, I think price, not size is more definitive as to how long your flash drive should last, but all that is assuming that the rest of your computing environment is perfect. For me, a not quite the cheapest-I-could-find flash drive works perfectly. By the time it gets to busting out, the one that is literally 16 times bigger is less than R100 anyway, so I may as well replace. Even the cheapest flash drives normally last at least a year. (Give or take an average users usage)
 
I have one of those tiny flashdrives that I have attatched to my car keys, it's lasted a good few months already and has higher transfer speeds than the conventionally sized models from the same brand. It did cost more though.
 
Archer said:
It would be useful if you specified are you talking about USB flash drives? If so, bigger/smaller capacity or physical size. I'm struggling to make sense of you are really asking
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Not the size as in Gig, but physical size.. like 2CM or 5CM etc..
 
graviti said:
I suspect he's talking about flash drives, and their physical size. I'd say it's got nothing to do with the size re quality, but rather price. Let's say Kingston sell a 4GB Flash drive direct for R69, and a different Flash drive for R129, which is also 4GB. Why the price discrepancy. Merely because the cheaper one was cheaper to make, because they used a combination of the following possibilities.

Inferior quality silicon
Inferior quality components
Less components, for example, leaving out a voltage protection circuit.
Cheaper plastic for casing, as opposed to nice slick aluminium shell.
etc...

However, I think price, not size is more definitive as to how long your flash drive should last, but all that is assuming that the rest of your computing environment is perfect. For me, a not quite the cheapest-I-could-find flash drive works perfectly. By the time it gets to busting out, the one that is literally 16 times bigger is less than R100 anyway, so I may as well replace. Even the cheapest flash drives normally last at least a year. (Give or take an average users usage)
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I see.. Thanks
 
KhoisanX said:
I have one of those tiny flashdrives that I have attatched to my car keys, it's lasted a good few months already and has higher transfer speeds than the conventionally sized models from the same brand. It did cost more though.
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So you had a smaller one, but it costed more? Eish, didn't get that one.. I see.. cool.. Thanks for the info
 
KhoisanX said:
Yes physically small, 30x12x2mm, 8GB capacity.
What are you really asking?
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I think kaisterkai is under the impression that bigger is always better... I've got a Verbatim Tough-N-Tiny and it's lasted longer than all my other flash drives because it's water resistant :D.
 
DJNgoma said:
I think kaisterkai is under the impression that bigger is always better... I've got a Verbatim Tough-N-Tiny and it's lasted longer than all my other flash drives because it's water resistant :D.
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Ditto, I have a 2gb flash drive where the unit is smaller than the USB plug! It's all about looking after it...
 
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