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They're bringing back MagSafe for iPhone... can we have it back for the laptops please?

jonplackett 6y ago
It's pretty dumb to call it magsafe. With a laptop it really did keep your laptop safe from getting pulled off a desk when you got up to get a coffee and walked through the cord like an idiot. What exactly is 'safe' about this? It's just... mag.
- hrktb 6y ago
  Lightning cables break if the phone falls at a weird angle or if you pull while twisting on the weakest side. I thing the “safe” monicker is still warranted.
  - jonplackett 6y ago
    I mean, it used to cost you a $2000 laptop. Now it costs you maybe $10, and only if you're really unlucky. I'd say it's a push.
- jayflux 6y ago
  > It's pretty dumb to call it magsafe It’s called marketing and brand recognition. Most people won’t care it’s not a literal description of how it works, but they will have heard of MagSafe before and get the general idea.
- freehunter 6y ago
  >it really did keep your laptop safe In my experience MagSafe never did that, so it’s likely to be the same on the iPhone as on the Macbooks. Most times when I tripped over the cable, it pulled the cable in a straight line. Unfortunately I can lift my Macbook with the MagSafe cable by pulling in a straight line, so it never actually broke apart the way it was intended. Also unfortunately, it breaks apart very easily if you push up or down, which happens frequently when the laptop is sitting on my lap. So it would unplug itself constantly in normal use, but still pull the Macbook off the table when I tripped on the cable. It’s still better than nothing, but in my experience MagSafe never worked the way it was advertised. Especially as the Macbooks got lighter.
  - jonplackett 6y ago
    It definitely saved my laptop a couple of times. But I hear you on the annoying sitting-on-your-lap-cable-coming-out thing. Very annoying.
lenitabinol 6y ago
With USB-C, unfortunately not
aidanlister 6y ago
Why do people want magsafe back? The new USB-C cord pulls out of the wall if you trip over it ... and the little slot doesn’t get filled with metalic dust any more.
dzhiurgis 6y ago
Tons of special adapters out there...

It's pretty dumb to call it magsafe. With a laptop it really did keep your laptop safe from getting pulled off a desk when you got up to get a coffee and walked through the cord like an idiot. What exactly is 'safe' about this? It's just... mag.

hrktb 6y ago
Lightning cables break if the phone falls at a weird angle or if you pull while twisting on the weakest side. I thing the “safe” monicker is still warranted.
- jonplackett 6y ago
  I mean, it used to cost you a $2000 laptop. Now it costs you maybe $10, and only if you're really unlucky. I'd say it's a push.
jayflux 6y ago
> It's pretty dumb to call it magsafe It’s called marketing and brand recognition. Most people won’t care it’s not a literal description of how it works, but they will have heard of MagSafe before and get the general idea.
freehunter 6y ago
>it really did keep your laptop safe In my experience MagSafe never did that, so it’s likely to be the same on the iPhone as on the Macbooks. Most times when I tripped over the cable, it pulled the cable in a straight line. Unfortunately I can lift my Macbook with the MagSafe cable by pulling in a straight line, so it never actually broke apart the way it was intended. Also unfortunately, it breaks apart very easily if you push up or down, which happens frequently when the laptop is sitting on my lap. So it would unplug itself constantly in normal use, but still pull the Macbook off the table when I tripped on the cable. It’s still better than nothing, but in my experience MagSafe never worked the way it was advertised. Especially as the Macbooks got lighter.
- jonplackett 6y ago
  It definitely saved my laptop a couple of times. But I hear you on the annoying sitting-on-your-lap-cable-coming-out thing. Very annoying.

lenitabinol 6y ago

With USB-C, unfortunately not

aidanlister 6y ago

Why do people want magsafe back? The new USB-C cord pulls out of the wall if you trip over it ... and the little slot doesn’t get filled with metalic dust any more.

dzhiurgis 6y ago

Tons of special adapters out there...