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In some ways (convenience). I think it will also lead to not supplying the device with a charging / data transfer cable to reduce e-waste. Lighting connector i
by crimsontech 3y ago
In some ways (convenience). I think it will also lead to not supplying the device with a charging / data transfer cable to reduce e-waste.
Lighting connector is actually better than USB-C for a phone charger, there is no little contact to snap off inside a lighting port and it’s easy to clean pocket lint out of the lighting port with a tooth pick.
This isn’t the case with USB-C, it’s more fragile and harder to remove debris with damaging it which is why I think apple use it for iPad but not iPhone.
The battery thing is good though, I have seen way too many people using devices with swollen batteries because they are way beyond their useful lifetime.
I don’t know this for sure but I would hope the software on the phone can prevent this on modern devices.
- tempestn 3y agoAre you thinking of a magsafe connector? A lightning connector definitely does have a little end that can snap off, and that in my experience (with children) is less robust than a USB-C.
- crimsontech 3y agoNo I’m talking about the port in the phone where you plug the cable in. With lightening the cable side is the fragile part, with usb-c the male part of the connection is inside the phone’s socket. This is the fragile part of the usb-c connection. It makes more sense for the fragile part to be on the cable rather than the phone itself because the phone is more expensive and would need a repair but the cable is cheap enough that you can replace it. Other than this though, usb-c is far superior to lightening with better data speed and power delivery.
- tempestn 3y agoAhh I see. Makes sense. For what it's worth I think the USB-C port is still fairly robust because the fragile part is protected by the port, but I get what you're saying.