It's about loving time we got one of these.

[Niff]

I never saw them before lol

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[Pie Crust]

I never saw them before lol

[otto-san]

i see them all the time in electronics stores (and walmart) at least

for sale to install

[Nonnel]

woah that's pretty cool

[$trinick]

I've never seen it as an actual socket, but I see phone charging stations everywhere. Ones that come with the cords.

[Subpixel]

well ya but USB isnt all that new if you think about it. so any house older than the year 1996 (around the time USB was invented) then they wont have USB unless someone paid to have them put in

Back then USB was only used for computer hardware.

[Pie Crust]

Back then USB was only used for computer hardware.

Back then USB didn't exist and it was all via serial cable and a null modem.

EDIT: I'm not sure if this is more efficient than just having the charger. Needing a transformer to take down 220v AC to 5v DC adds some infrastructure costs. And you still need the phone's cable and you can't remove the plug and take it everywhere you go. IMO, not very useful unless it's in a building without computers. But then again, a charger is more mobile than this and you don't need to worry if the USB was installed correctly or not.