I have two mini-USB cables I keep around as the PS3 Dualshock 3 controller is mini-usb.

Otherwise I too would have lost them.

I typically don't keep older generation consoles around, but the original launch PS3 was a marvel for its time (despite being a relative flop compared to the Wii-360)

The original launch PS3 contained the hardware emotion engine, so it had 100% backward compatibility with PS1 and PS2 games. Later revisions removed the PS2 hardware, in favor of software emulation, and iirc, eventually backwards compatibility was removed all together.

It also supported Super Audio CD format as well, and before it was patched out, had the ability to dualboot Linux.

This is why I bought dollar store plastic boxes for my cables and put them in specific categories. I have one box for microUSB, one for USB-C, one for mini, one for HDMI, etc. It's been great in reducing clutter and finding a cable.

Cables create tangled messes in a way that most things do not, and it's been great that my drawers are mostly free of cables now.

I bought the plastic bins a few months ago, now I'm just waiting for having an uninterrupted attention span long enough to sort all of my cables (or the pandemic to be over so I can pay someone else to come over and do it for me).

I understand that sucks, but that doesn't really sound like the fault of the device to me. It really sounds like one of those "you're holding it wrong" type of excuses.

Just wondering, what phone do you have that still uses mini-usb?

I feel kind of like I'm being trolled with this one, but it is kind of awesomely bad that I sort of want one.

I feel the same way. 32 GB of storage??

Dual SIM, too. You can even use it solely as a bluetooth headset paired to a normal phone to look like Gordon Gecko while on a call on your yacht if you want.

I bought two for less than the AppleCare+ on my iPhone 12 cost. (One as backup, as I can't imagine these are going to be in production for much longer.)