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Would ditching lightning really make finding a compatible cable easier. Which alternate cable should they have used? Mini-USB, Micro-USB A, Micro-USB B, USB Min
by simonh 6y ago
Would ditching lightning really make finding a compatible cable easier. Which alternate cable should they have used? Mini-USB, Micro-USB A, Micro-USB B, USB Mini-b 4pin, USB Mini-b 5pin, UsB 3.0 Micro-B, Micro-USB AB, goodness knows what else.
Lightning was a revelation. Rotationally symmetrical, fast, auto-negotiating, compact. It set the benchmark for what a mobile charging cable should be like.
- Daho0n 6y agoOf course it would. Any phone shop would have both kinds but lots of places only sell USB. USB C should be a required standard.
- zepto 6y agoFor how long? How would you manage improvements?
- stanski 6y agoOookay. Nevermind that all modern phones use usb-c, I guess?
- zepto 6y agoApple definitely doesn’t have a monopoly then.
- mlazos 6y agoI’m going to go ahead and say it. Usb-c is a disaster. The promise of a cable that is universal ended up being a cable that looks the same as every other but u have no idea if it’s the right cable. Maybe in the next 10 years it will be fixed but from my POV this has not been a success or the panacea it was made out to be. You can actually brick stuff using the wrong usb-c cable and you will have no clue until it’s too late.
- simonh 6y agoAnd Apple may well move to USB-C, in fact they already are for some devices at the pro end. As for 'standard' and easy availability, I'm pretty sure Lightning cables are more ubiquitous, and probably cheaper than USB-C still. There's certainly no shortage of them, I've got about half a dozen chargers and cables in the house right now. Nobody is pushing for Apple to adopt USB-C for my convenience, that's for sure.