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I personally already have a number of USB-C cables that had their connectors detach at one point or another. They are mostly braided, rather thick, 100W-rated

I personally already have a number of USB-C cables that had their connectors detach at one point or another. They are mostly braided, rather thick, 100W-rated PD cables, but they generally suck and are quick to break (I keep a couple at my desk, a couple in my car, a couple stored away for travel, and a couple bedside — it's great they can charge both my laptop and my phone). Connectors in my devices also look a bit fragile. I am all for sharing connectors and standardization in this space (and I check if a device has an USB-C port before I consider it), but I surely hope this does not stop improvements to the charging port which are highly needed!

jeffbee 4y ago
USB-C cables and ports are more fragile than Lightning cables and ports, unfortunately. USB-C is sort of the complement of Lightning: instead of a sturdy paddle on the cable end, it has a delicate paddle inside the port. It is very easy to break this paddle off. That happened almost immediately to my Nexus 5x, one of the first USB-C implementations. You can also easily break off the pins when you need to clean pocket lint out of the port, an extremely common problem for mobile phones. Physically, Lightning is a much more robust solution.