Companies often had both device types in their product portfolio.

His fingers found yet another type of device an inch under the surface.

This type of device would be used in visual experiments.

In any rack system this type of device is an excellent idea.

This type of device is also suitable for ship board use.

Plus there is the bonus of having one device type to develop for, rather than 20+.

The ball and chain is the old type of device used to lock somebody up.

But you can't have more than one type of device per computer can you?

It is thanks to you that this type of resilient device will now be available on the market.

A metaphor, in other words, is a specific type of rhetorical device.