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Finally, a clear logo showing if a cable supports 240W. The USB 40Gbps logo is fine too. Now can we also get some logos for the other speeds: 20Gbps, 10Gbps,

Finally, a clear logo showing if a cable supports 240W. The USB 40Gbps logo is fine too. Now can we also get some logos for the other speeds: 20Gbps, 10Gbps, 5Gbps, 0.4Gbps (480Mbit). Also the other (PD 2.0+) power levels: 100W, 65W, 45W, 27W, 15W. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#USB_Power_Delivery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#USB_Power_Deliver...

CameronNemo 5y ago
Hmm the article did not clearly state this, but I assumed that the 240W / 40Gbps labels were just an example. Hopefully they are not neglecting a huge portion of the market that does not need that much PD...
DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
> Finally, a clear logo showing if a cable supports 240W. Trademark law never stopped dodgy Amazon cable sellers before though.
- MBCook 5y ago
  And the other end of the spectrum you have companies that don’t bother to include it even if the cable/device would match the certification.
- makeitdouble 5y ago
  You can send back a cable that doesn't match a well established spec, you'll have lost about an hour of your life. It's harder to return a cable that had some numbers but not really matching what you're trying to do with them, and arguing back and forth about wether your iPhone 14 was supposed to transfer data at full speed with their "high speed" "iPhone serial A23XXXX~A324XXXX supported" cable. And you'll already have spent a tremendous time trying to find something that could vaguely work in the first place.
  - ampersandy 5y ago
    Assuming 2 day shipping, you probably lose ~2 real hours of time, but have no working cable for at least 4 days. - a few minutes to order the cable - 2 days for the cable to arrive - ~2 hours to realize it does not work, complain, initiative a refund, print a return label, and drop it off at a post office - another 2 days to wait for the next cable.
    - DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
      If you're in a large city you can often get same-day delivery to an Amazon locker that should be a short drive away though
zokier 5y ago
> Now can we also get some logos for the other speeds: 20Gbps, 10Gbps, 5Gbps, 0.4Gbps (480Mbit). These all do have distinct logos already?
thermin 5y ago
But where's the USB trident? They already had USB4 cable logos denoting either 20Gbps or 40Gbps (still on the USB-IF website). This is in fact a rebranding, and the first USB logos since the very beginning of the standard that don't feature the trident.

CameronNemo 5y ago

Hmm the article did not clearly state this, but I assumed that the 240W / 40Gbps labels were just an example. Hopefully they are not neglecting a huge portion of the market that does not need that much PD...

DaiPlusPlus 5y ago

> Finally, a clear logo showing if a cable supports 240W. Trademark law never stopped dodgy Amazon cable sellers before though.

MBCook 5y ago
And the other end of the spectrum you have companies that don’t bother to include it even if the cable/device would match the certification.
makeitdouble 5y ago
You can send back a cable that doesn't match a well established spec, you'll have lost about an hour of your life. It's harder to return a cable that had some numbers but not really matching what you're trying to do with them, and arguing back and forth about wether your iPhone 14 was supposed to transfer data at full speed with their "high speed" "iPhone serial A23XXXX~A324XXXX supported" cable. And you'll already have spent a tremendous time trying to find something that could vaguely work in the first place.
- ampersandy 5y ago
  Assuming 2 day shipping, you probably lose ~2 real hours of time, but have no working cable for at least 4 days. - a few minutes to order the cable - 2 days for the cable to arrive - ~2 hours to realize it does not work, complain, initiative a refund, print a return label, and drop it off at a post office - another 2 days to wait for the next cable.
  - DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
    If you're in a large city you can often get same-day delivery to an Amazon locker that should be a short drive away though

zokier 5y ago

> Now can we also get some logos for the other speeds: 20Gbps, 10Gbps, 5Gbps, 0.4Gbps (480Mbit). These all do have distinct logos already?

thermin 5y ago

But where's the USB trident? They already had USB4 cable logos denoting either 20Gbps or 40Gbps (still on the USB-IF website). This is in fact a rebranding, and the first USB logos since the very beginning of the standard that don't feature the trident.