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Counterpoint: 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

Counterpoint: 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 ago
The 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 ago
    Many 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 ago
  I 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 ago
    How 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 ago
  If 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.

klysm 4y ago

The 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 ago
  Many 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 ago
I 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 ago
  How 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 ago
If 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.