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Simple: it carries data. If the power cord on your laptop is yanked off for a minute it's usually not a big deal. If you disconnect the iOS device cable you cou
by cgislason 15y ago
Simple: it carries data. If the power cord on your laptop is yanked off for a minute it's usually not a big deal. If you disconnect the iOS device cable you could interrupt a data transfer. There is a higher risk to disconnection.
- bxr 15y agoIt is USB, and the host could lose power at any time (it doesn't have to be a laptop). Communication interruption is a likely case they should plan for. A more probable explanation is that even with a magnet the devices are light enough that a yank on the cable would send the device flying before the magnet connection came loose.
- cgislason 15y agoI'm sure they do plan for interruption, but with magsafe you invite it, in a sense. Especially on a portable device. You're probably right that the physics of the magnet don't make it as useful. That makes me wonder how thoroughly Apple has investigated it.