Lisle, Ill.—Aimed at portable devices such as PDAs, digital cameras and mobile phones, Molex Inc. has introduced its latest Micro-USB connectors that offer a more compact footprint and a volumetric ...

UBS Mini B was once the standard for USB devices, especially certain game controllers, but what exactly was the Mini B standard meant for?

The standard requires full-size USB ports to survive 1,500 cycles of insertion and removal. mini-USB increased that to 5,000, micro-USB and Type-C are both designed for 10,000 cycles.

The biggest change: finally getting rid of Mini USB in favor of Micro USB. Compared to Mini USB, anything is an improvement.

Mini USB – the larger predecessor of Micro USB was used at the device end of things like GPS units and some external hard drives, but like USB Type-B it is fast fading from use.

There is also an older, larger connector called Mini-USB. It was replaced by micro-USB and effectively obsolete as of 2013. See: Mini-USB. Last updated Jan 22, 2022 by Rich Brome.