A micro-USB connector provides, according to the company, the smallest footprint available in USB interconnects, enabling makers of portable devices to further miniaturize products such as mobile phones, MP3 players, GPS navigation systems, digital cameras, and digital video cameras. The connector¡¯s design helps to prevent wire pinching, and a latch mechanism helps prevent accidentally pulling out the plug.

Other features include a minimum extraction force of 8 N, a rating of 10,000 mating cycles, RoHS compliance, and receptacle profiles on the circuit board as small as 2.4 mm.