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We can debate why people pay the "Apple tax" (ignorance, fashion, the fact that they once made very good hardware), but it certainly isn't because they have the
by bobbyi_settv 9y ago
We can debate why people pay the "Apple tax" (ignorance, fashion, the fact that they once made very good hardware), but it certainly isn't because they have the best track record for working with third party peripherals like chargers.
Have you ever tried to charge an Apple phone or tablet with a charger for a non Apple phone?
- scblock 9y agoYes. It works fine.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoI wouldn't say "fine." It works, but it's slow. The original USB standard only provided for half an amp of power, much less than modern phones and tablets need. There's a global standard for high-power USB charging, and another standard used only by Apple, so Apple devices are stuck with the default 0.5 amp when using a standard charger, and vice versa.
- chrisseaton 9y ago> it certainly isn't because they have the best track record for working with third party peripherals like chargers No, but it is that their engineers seem to just consistently get things right. I doubt they cared about third party chargers at all. I would imagine they maybe even never tested with third party chargers. But they engineered the system so well that they just worked anyway.
- jsz0 9y ago> it certainly isn't because they have the best track record for working with third party peripherals like chargers What track record? USB-C is their first officially supported open charging standard.