sadly though mini is much more durable than micro... and not quite dead, quite a lot of less glamorous peripherals still uses it, just too big for most recent phones... damn slimness like for everything there is such a thing as too slim, micro is that for USB.
Yes and no, the mini port is actually far more fragile than people think, it's just in a different way.
Does it rip off the board or break cables? No, but the clips and fingers inside are actually more fragile than micro, the rated insertion lifespan is half (or less) of a micro. It's meant to be plugging on occasion or left plugged in, not for charging something (I.E. drives, keyboards). Micro breaks by design, it's meant to be sacrificial to preserve the port and device while also allowing for far more insertions (I.E. charging). Newer micros are also stronger however by the time those dropped Type-C was starting to come in.
As for my comment about mini being dead, other than cheap crap almost nothing new in the last few years has been made with it. Certainly nothing mainstream enough to attract a large cable maker.
