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The cables are known to break too easily, but I'd rather want them to solve that by having proper strain relief on the cable than remove the flaps on the charge
by Chernobog 9y ago
The cables are known to break too easily, but I'd rather want them to solve that by having proper strain relief on the cable than remove the flaps on the charger.
- dsr_ 9y agoRedesigning the charger? Might as well do it properly. Have the thin cable plug in to an L projection, so it naturally wraps right around the brick body. Put an L projection on the other side, rotationally symmetric, for the wall cable plug. Now they both wrap with large radius curves, and can be replaced independently of the charger itself. You'd think that a company that theoretically charges higher prices for superior design would do something like that.
- Phlarp 9y agoThe USB-C PD charger bricks just have a single USB-C slot. You can use the provided cable or get your own longer/shorter/braided version. There are also third party USB adapters that mimic magsafe functionality, albeit not as amazing as proper "Apple designed" magsafe of the past. Given the new USB-C everything paradigm and the available options I don't think ditching these plastic clips is that huge of a fumble for them-- Although I would like to see proper L shaped USB plug options on BOTH ends of the cable from Apple, Nintendo (Switch seriously needs aux charging port in back or on top) and any other third party that wants my money.
- dsego 9y agoIt's planned obsolescence, simple as that. There's no other reason to not have a detachable cable on the old magsafe chargers when the new one has it. I think apple feel the pulse of the industry and choose what they can get away with, wwhat (my macbook w-key double pressing again) people will tolerate, until the competition catches up. Then they change the game a bit and produce the next "best iphone/imac/macbook" ever.