Micro USB has the advantage over Mini USB that the lugs that hold it are in the plug and not in the socket, so when the lugs break you only need to replace a cheap cable.
However, because micro USB sockets are only surface-mounted (when not at the end of a cable like on the Novatouch) there is only solder that holds the socket to the PCB's copper lines and then glue that holds the PCB's copper lines to the PCB substrate. Mini USB sockets are often soldered with pieces of the socket going though holes in the PCB.
That means that when a micro USB socket gets nudged or twisted, it breaks more easily than Mini USB, and when that happens, the PCB also gets damaged.