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People are going to miss lightning when it’s gone. USB-C is prone to the same issues as USB-A where the cable ending will break under pressure or warp meaning i
by deanc 4y ago
People are going to miss lightning when it’s gone. USB-C is prone to the same issues as USB-A where the cable ending will break under pressure or warp meaning it won’t fit in the hole. This happened to me on a Yubikey on my key ring.
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- klysm 4y agoSame exact thing on my yubikey. It seems like it makes much more sense to have the cable part not crushable
- Miraste 4y agoCounterpoint: in USB-C, the crushable, breakable part with the spring is in the cable. With Lightning, it's in the $1500 phone. Yubikeys are an unfortunate edge case but normally it's a lot easier to get a new cable.
- klysm 4y agoThe receptacle of USB-C is just as crushable as lightning ports no?
- graphe 4y ago$1500? Be realistic, there's a $30,000 Android phone but you don't quote that on every Android phone. Most iPhones are free-700 at most. I have NEVER had a single lightning port go bad. Ever. MiniUSB either. Countless microUSB ports and USB-C cables and ports have been destroyed with normal use.
- kuschku 4y ago> Most iPhones are free Oh? If that's so, I'd like to take 5. Please send them to me, thanks! As they're free, there's no reason not to do so, right?
- graphe 4y agoMany iPhones are free in the US since they're given away or hand me downs, only the hand me down was 2 years old and still good. If you had asked earlier, or was around me you would have gotten a 6S and 6+.
- Miraste 4y agoI can only match anecdote with anecdote, but I've seen two Lightning ports fail and zero USB-C. Micro-usb did have a tendency to break but not more than mini-usb, and that's not anecdotal-- the port design was so prone to failure USB-IF redesigned it (it was still prone to failure but slightly less so).
- graphe 4y agoHow did they fail? Usually failures are just dusty insides. I've seen two "fail" and I'd fix them by using a toothpick. I want to like USB-C because it's universal but it just breaks so easily. If they make a good mangentic one all is forgiven, I'm using a non standard "dangerous" one to alleviate it's fragility.
- projektfu 4y agoIf storage space matters, you have to pay for it. Up to $2,000. In some markets (Brazil) most iPhones are twice the price of the same phone in the US on a dollar basis.
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- graphe 4y agoI agree. The design is brittle and very weak. If apple doesn't support those standard protocols it won't even bring any benefits. I love lighting. It's slow at data (if you use it to transfer data lol) but it's a robust physical connection.
- kzrdude 4y agoOn the key ring it's really the worst case, more likely to wear there, and exposed to the dust and lint of your pockets or bags.
- deanc 4y agoAbsolutely, but this will never be the case with lightning. Lightning cable's weak point is the cable itself - which is something applicable to ALL cables. I'm suggesting the male end of the connector of Lightning is far more durable and resilient to these problems of wear and tear.
- thiht 4y agoWhat I don't like with USB-C is that dust can settle both in the connector and in the socket. In both cases, it's kinda hard to clean because the space is tiny, especially in the socket because of the piece in the middle. I've had 2 devices who stopped charging because of that. Lightning can gather dust only in the socket, and it's very easy to clean in comparison.