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> It's so sad that X4 Pro does not have USB-C.

Yeah, the connector they've made is absolutely bananas, wonder what they were thinking? Was there a 3rd-party docking ecosystem they were expecting to be spawned by this, or something? The magnetic connector by itself makes no sense, unless I severely misunderstand how it's supposed to be used in practice.

I saw a claim that the connector was to reduce the thickness of the device.

Terrible trade-off. I do not want a marginally smaller book if it means I have to worry about losing a proprietary cable.

It isn't proprietary.

Standard or not, it's not the standard.

It is, though to be honest it bothers me less than I thought it will. The battery lasts so long that I rarely charge it.

> proprietary magnetic adapter

They're supposedly not proprietary but a standard size that's easily replaced.

Ok, though still obscure.

I don’t want to looking where to order it when it’s lost or broken.

Any guesses why they went with that connector rather than USB C?

Just for improved thinnness; they're able to reduce about 2 mm from the thickness with the pins (and you can still technically use them for data transfer depending on how it's wired to the SoC).