No it’s in the phone now, unlike how it was with lightning cables. You could stick a toothpick inside a lightning port on a phone to remove pocket lint, you ca

No it’s in the phone now, unlike how it was with lightning cables. You could stick a toothpick inside a lightning port on a phone to remove pocket lint, you can’t do this with USB-C without a higher risk of damaging the phone. USB-C on the phone side has a protrusion that slots inside the cable end the same as previous usb cables. This is the fragile part, but it’s still a big improvement over micro usb.