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Only for uk though you know damn well they'll sell lightning phones in the U.S. because they'll never be forced to change
Having more SKUs is harder and more expensive to maintain; they will sell the inclusion of USB-C as a way to unify their charger across their platforms and to add Thunderbolt to the Pro models.
I really hope it has USB-C so I can finally get an iPhone. It blows my mind that all of their other devices adopted USB-C while they stick with lightning for their phones.
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It really comes down to the way you use it. As others have mentioned you don’t even need one to get the job done. And it’s true that beyond a certain length it’s sort of impractical; mostly just for show.
In all seriousness, being that they’re using standard C ends, I’m a little surprised they’re going to include one at all.
... I don't know what you mean that beyond a certain length it's impractical. I keep 6-10ft USB C cables everywhere. I view 3 feet as the minimum useful length to me, at least because honestly much shorter than I don't even have a place to rest my phone while it charges. I was looking at even getting a 15-20 foot cable for my living room since all my outlets are kinda far from the couch.
It was a dick joke
I hope the new braided cables don't break as easily as the current non-braided ones.
The cable for my M2 MBA is braided and the quality feels equal to my braided Anker usb-c cables and I’ve had those for the better part of a decade without any issues. So I’d imagine if these are infact the new iPhone cables they should probably be good too.
Great to hear that!!
Not sure what kind of insulation they use in their cables. It sure feels nice and rubbery, but they seem to be falling apart regardless of how you use it after a few years because the insulation got brittle over time. Are they using natural rubber or something? I live in the tropics so the abundance of UV makes rubber products fall apart faster here. Hopefully braided cables last longer.
That's a lot of speculation for a single cable
But it's the bestest cable they have ever made
Maybe? Maybe? In which year are we living ? Can't apple make a long enough cable for people to use? No they can't, because people have to pay extra $$$$$$$$ to get a longer cable. They don't care if you have to sit next to wall to charge and use your phone.
I guess I'm one of the few people who prefers wireless charging. I haven't used a cable in my phone for years
I like mag safe at time, but USB C charging is faster, less hot, not as bulky in the hand, and requires less outlets if everything in your home is using the same port, etc.
It's also wasteful if that is something you care about.
Although, to be fair, it does kind of product extra waste in the short term. I’m definitely going to be trashing a decade of lightning crap and buying USB C cables.
A lot of people already own a bunch of USB-C cables though. Like users of Macs, iPads, Androids, laptops, Nintendo Switch, E-readers, wireless headphones, etc.
I have some USB C cables in the house already, but I don’t want to be crawling behind things to unplug / replug stuff or carry cables from place to place. I also want to be able to charge two things in one place at the same time. Laptop and phone. Phone and headphones, etc.
With 2 bedside tables, 2 work desks, 2 cars, and another random living room charge spot in the house, I’m probably going to replace about 7 cables.
Thats what usb c is for? So that you dont need to screw around with random cables? Blame apple for refusing the standard
I guess I don't need to use my phone when it's charging as much as most people, or maybe just don't use my phone as much period
I don't like that in order to use my phone while it's charging on a wireless charger, I need to pick up the whole wireless charger, wire and all, and then it kind of defeats the purpose.
I think it doesn't work well for people who need to have their phones in their hands at all times (me).
Are these still included in the box though?
That cable in the pic looks identical to the one I got in my MacBook Air box a few weeks back. Hope this is true but you can see in the photo it's clearly a) longer than 1.5m and b) too big for an iPhone box.
For the price you pay for the iPhone it should include a 10m cord on a reel. Nice that it’s finally braided though. Never had a Apple charging cable that wouldn’t deteriorate.
You can bet your left nut that braiding will do precisely zero for durability. No way they want to eat into their cable profits.
I’ve never had an apple cable fail after 10+ years of owning their devices. People who destroy their cables are irresponsible, simple as
Lol it doesn’t matter whether I was irresponsible or not with my cables, who the fuck babies their cables anyway, for the price you pay for the iPhone those cables should be durable as hell. Even IKEA cables sells cheap cables that are braided and never break.
I don’t baby my cables I just take care of the things I buy. If you’re not capable of the same then the problem lies with you not the cable
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I don’t break very many cables myself, but I’ve certainly broken a couple of Apple cables - they seem particularly delicate.
All it takes is picking up your phone without realising it’s still on charge and getting unlucky with force/angle. That won’t destroy it but it’ll damage the interface between the cable and the plug enough that it’ll start to deteriorate and eventually come apart.
The magsafe cables are braided and they’re nice. Maybe someone else can chime in if they actually last longer as I‘m rarey using mine, so it being prestine is not a surprise in my case.
Yeah I’ve got one too. They’re certainly nicer, but the thing that worries me is while the braided cable is a little more durable they’ve taken away the strain relief.
(That said these usb-c ones look like they have strain relief, so maybe?)
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