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They should invent a new cable standard that universally does the same thing on all devices. I think there might a big market for that.
by neals 5y ago
They should invent a new cable standard that universally does the same thing on all devices. I think there might a big market for that.
- huuuz 5y agoIt already exists and it's called lighting. Since it's actually useful, the UE is looking into outlawing it.
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- maratc 5y agoCan't help but think that it's exactly what GP had in mind.
- oblio 5y agoI hope this is a joke.
- endless1234 5y agoI don't think 18 watts is enough to do everything.
- hjnilsson 5y agoProblem is the tradeoffs involved. You can make a cable that support 40 Gbps / 100W, but it will be $50 and very thick, with a maximum length of 1m (or cost $400 if you want an optical 10m long cable). Or you can make a thin, 480Mbps / 5W cable that costs $2 that can be 5m long. Or you can make a 10Gbps / 20W cable that is $10, can be 2m and is medium thick. If you want them all in one cable, all cables would be $400, which would be a larger problem for most consumers (and even optical cables can't really be bent / are very fragile. So unfit for travel. Not a good solution either). You can't have everything in one cable. You could claim that there should be 3 separate connectors then for the 3 cases above. But I don't think that would be an improvement really. At least you /can/ charge your laptop with the thin cable overnight, even if it is slow. And you can connect your phone to your laptop charger etc.