When USB microphones began to appear, Røde stepped into that market too and created the NT USB, followed up by the recent and incredibly popular Røde NT USB Mini ... mic in the Rode NT USB ...

If you're only creating video with a smartphone, then Rode's offering makes more sense, because its receiver is much smaller and fits snuggly into your USB-C charging port, whereas the Mic Mini's ...

The $149 Rode ... USB-C or Lightning connector sticking out one end. There are no buttons, no controls, and no ports. It measures 1.73 by 0.94 by 0.35 inches. As a point of comparison, the Mic ...