SFist Photo: Say G'Bye to All These Phone Chargers

All these different types of connectors to charge your cellie will soon be history when the new universal standard kicks in.

Sometimes when you're tooling around town in a private vehicle, whether it be a honking SUV, diminutive Smart Car, or something betwixt, you want to let your friends charge their mobiles. But you can't. Nokia, Apple, Samsung, Motorola - the charging cord connectors are all different.

But that will change soon. Our corporate overlords have teamed up with the government of China to (hold on, hear us out) standardize cell phone chargers. Say hello to your little friend - it's called micro-USB. Cho kawaii! Ne? Yaaay micro-USB.