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Now if only USB connectors were actually as durable as the lightning plug. MicroUSB was/is a disaster with regards to durability, and USB C has so far not done
by 8fingerlouie 5y ago
Now if only USB connectors were actually as durable as the lightning plug. MicroUSB was/is a disaster with regards to durability, and USB C has so far not done much to convince me.
My 10 year old lightning cable next to my bed still charges my phone every night. it has seen 3000+ plug in/out cycles, and still works as well as when it was new.
Any phone i've had plugged in has never had any issues with loose connectors.
My work HP laptop on the other hand has a USB C plug for charging/display/etc, and despite being less than a year old, it already has the dreaded "wobble" in the USB C connector.
- 20after4 5y agoThis exactly. The lightning port is superior. I was sad to see the old magsafe connector go away when they adopted USB C on laptops and I'll be really sad to lose the lightning connector. The USB C connector is a marginal improvement over micro-usb but that's about all.
- xattt 5y agoYou mention a 10 year old (!) Lightning connector. How is the charring/arcing on the contact pads?
- 8fingerlouie 5y agoIt had some charring on the 3rd pin a few years ago, but since all the connectors are actually visible, I simply cleaned it with a rough piece of cloth, and it’s back to normal. All USB plugs have their connectors on the inside, making it impossible to clean them.