Longtime Apple customers annoyed at having to buy new charger cables are going to find that annoyance short-lived as they realize just how cheap and plentiful USB-C cables are due to lack of an Apple tax.
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Zorin =^o.o^= (zorinlynx@tiggi.es)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 03:32:07 JST Zorin =^o.o^= -
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feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 03:32:04 JST feld I've been using it for like a year on a 13 mini, works great. Very reliable now that there's a proper magnet involved for alignment -
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Zorin =^o.o^= (zorinlynx@tiggi.es)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 03:32:05 JST Zorin =^o.o^= @Fairaday I gave up on Qi charging because it was just too slow, sometimes the phone wouldn't even reach 100% overnight if it was deeply discharged.
However I did read they highly improved it post-iPhone 11 so I'm going to give it another chance after I upgrade.
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FAIRADAY (fairaday@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 03:32:06 JST FAIRADAY @zorinlynx or Qi charging. I can’t remember the last time I charged an iPhone via the cable.
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feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 03:34:07 JST feld > how cheap and plentiful USB-C cables are due to lack of an Apple tax.
except when you want to use it for higher power charging rates, or use various features that require better cables but you don't know the cable isn't capable of it because all you can see is "USB-C" in the item description 😭
@encthenet ran into some Anker USB-C cables recently that were actually USB2.0 but it didn't say anywhere on the packaging -
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feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 09:49:19 JST feld The iPhone 15 Pro does USB3 10gbit
The non-pro is USB 2.0 -
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John-Mark Gurney (encthenet@flyovercountry.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 09:49:20 JST John-Mark Gurney @feld @zorinlynx It's not like lightning widely supported faster than usb 2.0 speeds anyways, so Apple iPhone users won't notice the problem.
(iPhone 15 doesn't support USB3 over USB-C, only USB 2 at 480Mbps)
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on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 13:30:52 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ @feld @encthenet @zorinlynx I have one of those advanced power banks that show the charging wattage and it's crazy just how different each USB cable is. It's not even easy to see from the outside, some of them look sturdy but then charge with 0.1 watt. feld likes this.
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