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Seems pretty arbitrary to me, iPhone charges directly from any standard USB power outlet. So why not shut down hotels and seize homes that have only old fashion

Seems pretty arbitrary to me, iPhone charges directly from any standard USB power outlet. So why not shut down hotels and seize homes that have only old fashioned 120v blade plugs or whatever? Most hotels I stay in worldwide have USB plugs and so does my friend's home in Texas But don't tell this to a geriatric politician who can't understand the concept that God didn't create the original style power outlets (thus making them the forever standard) on the 2nd day of Genesis

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shultays 4y ago
Because usb outlets are not the requirement. If it was, a fair comparison would be Brazil asking it as a requirement from new hotels/houses and if they don't comply then fine them , and if they still don't the seize them Not everyone in the world lives in the hotels you stayed or in your friend's house at Texas. Until then we need chargers for using an iphone with our old fashioned power outlets I am afraid.
bicijay 4y ago
Dude, the concept of a new phone coming with a charger is not that dictadorial. Your analogy with the outlets does not make much sense in this context whatsoever.
- pfortuny 4y ago
  Especially if the connector is not compatible with any other brand’s.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    The phone comes with a USB C to lightning cord. The issue is the power adapter.
    - pfortuny 4y ago
      Ah ok. Sorry, got it wrong.
Dalewyn 4y ago
>So why not shut down hotels and seize homes that have only old fashioned 120v blade plugs or whatever? Most hotels I stay in worldwide have USB plugs and so does my friend's home in Texas This is going on a tangent, but I'm curious: Am I the only one that avoids those sockets like the god damn plague? It's a USB socket of unknown origin/destination, those things are theoretically capable of data transmission. I'm not going to plug stuff like my phone in them, that's like sticking your wazoo in any and every crevice you come across.
- shultays 4y ago
  Also doesn't usb constantly being updated for higher and higher charging capabilities like every other year? Those power outlets sound pretty useless now if they only support slow charging. Even if you put one today at your home with highest powering capacity, it will probably be obselete in 5 years
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    Even the slowest possible charger will still easily charge any phone overnight so it’s not a huge deal.
- ilyt 4y ago
  You can just buy power-only cable for that, it just has data lines snipped. Probably won't negotiate max power tho. I'd personally be more worried that they put cheapest possible one and it will fall apart putting 120/240 on the USB... apparently the wall mounted ones also die pretty quickly because of heat issues
- refurb 4y ago
  I do the same. I'm not worried about data over the cable, but more how reliable the power supply is or even the plug. Who knows if some idiot jammed a piece of metal in it? Or if it's some cheap power source that will either fry the phone or not charge very fast. I'll use it if no other option, but otherwise I'll take a pass.
- scarface74 4y ago
philippejara 4y ago
>Seems pretty arbitrary to me, iPhone charges directly from any standard USB power outlet. Quite often when you use those the phone will complain and tell you to use only the official chargers, and their warranty doesn't cover damage caused by third party chargers either. Once that's in play the argument that it can charge from any standard USB outlet becomes very shaky. Brazil has a huge amount of problems with politicians and most of them are not due to a lack of understanding but straight up corruption, this is not one of them.
ricardobeat 4y ago
iPhones come with a lightning-to-USB-C cable, not USB-A which most chargers and outlets still are. They only sold USB-C chargers very briefly before removing them from the box, so even if you already had an iPhone, there is a 90% chance you’ll need to buy a new charger.

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shultays 4y ago

Because usb outlets are not the requirement. If it was, a fair comparison would be Brazil asking it as a requirement from new hotels/houses and if they don't comply then fine them , and if they still don't the seize them Not everyone in the world lives in the hotels you stayed or in your friend's house at Texas. Until then we need chargers for using an iphone with our old fashioned power outlets I am afraid.

bicijay 4y ago

Dude, the concept of a new phone coming with a charger is not that dictadorial. Your analogy with the outlets does not make much sense in this context whatsoever.

pfortuny 4y ago
Especially if the connector is not compatible with any other brand’s.
- scarface74 4y ago
  The phone comes with a USB C to lightning cord. The issue is the power adapter.
  - pfortuny 4y ago
    Ah ok. Sorry, got it wrong.

Dalewyn 4y ago

>So why not shut down hotels and seize homes that have only old fashioned 120v blade plugs or whatever? Most hotels I stay in worldwide have USB plugs and so does my friend's home in Texas This is going on a tangent, but I'm curious: Am I the only one that avoids those sockets like the god damn plague? It's a USB socket of unknown origin/destination, those things are theoretically capable of data transmission. I'm not going to plug stuff like my phone in them, that's like sticking your wazoo in any and every crevice you come across.

shultays 4y ago
Also doesn't usb constantly being updated for higher and higher charging capabilities like every other year? Those power outlets sound pretty useless now if they only support slow charging. Even if you put one today at your home with highest powering capacity, it will probably be obselete in 5 years
- Gigachad 4y ago
  Even the slowest possible charger will still easily charge any phone overnight so it’s not a huge deal.
ilyt 4y ago
You can just buy power-only cable for that, it just has data lines snipped. Probably won't negotiate max power tho. I'd personally be more worried that they put cheapest possible one and it will fall apart putting 120/240 on the USB... apparently the wall mounted ones also die pretty quickly because of heat issues
refurb 4y ago
I do the same. I'm not worried about data over the cable, but more how reliable the power supply is or even the plug. Who knows if some idiot jammed a piece of metal in it? Or if it's some cheap power source that will either fry the phone or not charge very fast. I'll use it if no other option, but otherwise I'll take a pass.
scarface74 4y ago

philippejara 4y ago

>Seems pretty arbitrary to me, iPhone charges directly from any standard USB power outlet. Quite often when you use those the phone will complain and tell you to use only the official chargers, and their warranty doesn't cover damage caused by third party chargers either. Once that's in play the argument that it can charge from any standard USB outlet becomes very shaky. Brazil has a huge amount of problems with politicians and most of them are not due to a lack of understanding but straight up corruption, this is not one of them.

ricardobeat 4y ago

iPhones come with a lightning-to-USB-C cable, not USB-A which most chargers and outlets still are. They only sold USB-C chargers very briefly before removing them from the box, so even if you already had an iPhone, there is a 90% chance you’ll need to buy a new charger.