, BitFlipper wrote    No, but that wasn't the problem. The
problem is not knowing if it's a matter of alignment or a matter
of having the connector upside-down, which causes needless
turning. With a connector that can be inserted both ways, you
-know- the problem is alignment so you fiddle about with it for
a second longer until it works.    It's really whatever
committee designed micro USB's fault for giving Apple this
opportunity for creating yet another proprietary connector.
Many, many connectors were designed to be insertable either way,
why couldn't USB be the same way?   I'm saying a connector that
doesn't require a "right side up" is convenient and would take
away one of my many annoyances with smartphones. Whatever motive
Apple may have for it is irrelevant to me since I'm not buying
their phone.