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Keeping the Surface Connect port and making the Surface Dock compatible with the Surface Pro 3 in the process instead of replacing it with a symmetrical and reversible USB-C port is a tradeoff I posit Microsoft thinks is worthwhile at this stage.
USB-Micro male is also a cable-only connector. There are generally two types of cables with USB-Micro male ends: one for connecting a device with a USB-Micro port as a peripheral to a USB host device and one for adapting the USB-Micro female port to a USB-A female port, to be used in USB-OTG capable devices.