• Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Ok, I have to take issue with this. I will never be an apple user, but until USB-C came out I was honestly jealous of the lightning cable. It is reversible and consistent, two things other phone chargers never were. Sure, for data transfer it’s outdated as hell now, but it is still good enough for most uses

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      It is reversible and consistent

      consistent in what?

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          I worked cellular retail for 8 years I’ve never really seen fried pins on iPhones. The frayed cables are pretty much inevitable especially if it is apples first party cables. Shockingly I have had contamination in usbc ports though. It caused several devices of mine to no longer charge due to corrosion. Still not sure what exactly caused it but I suppose it was juice from a vape that leaked into the connector. Basically fried my laptop c ports, my iPads port and my pixel’s port. I still think the move to c was pretty necessary.

          Only complaint is cables that have contaminants can easily travel between devices now.

          Other than that the protocol support is all over the place.

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            Everyone I know who uses an iPhone has had fried pins on the cable, not necessarily on their device. No one I know personally has had any issues with USB-C.

            Though both experiences are anecdotal, I think we can take this away from our conversation at least: no cable design is perfect. Lol!

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        1 year ago

        Consistent in that they used the same type of charger for almost all their devices after they established it. Mini-USB outdoes them in ubiquity, but the connector is usually a piece of shit.

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      1 year ago

      Lightning’s data transfer and charging are subpar, although I’m not sure if Apple is implementing PD fast charging on the new iPhone either.

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        1 year ago

        They are not, unless you get the pro as far as I have seen/heard. The regular iPhone is artificially limited to USB 2.0 speeds.

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          It is not artificially limited. It’s using the board from last year’s Pro model. It doesn’t have a USB3 interface.

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          The Pro still doesn’t have PD charging.

          When they go portless (I’m guessing next year or 2) they don’t want people bitching that the charging is slower, so they’re not going to support wired charging that’s faster than wireless.

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            The same law that forces standardised cable by the EU also forces Apple to not go portless, since it needs a standardised port on the device that can be used to charge.

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        I didnt say it was great, I said it was good enough for a very long time. And in all honesty i think its data transfer speeds were always subpar.

        My personal pet theory is that it was designed the way it was in order to make a cost-cutting measure look fancy and luxurious.