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One of them was going to buy a new phone because it took a long time to charge. This was because she had a crap charger and crap cable. I am unsure if they are

by thimp 3y ago

One of them was going to buy a new phone because it took a long time to charge. This was because she had a crap charger and crap cable. I am unsure if they are potatoes or not but I suspect they might be :)

red369 3y ago
I don't necessarily think it applies in your example, but I've heard some very silly reasons given by people as their reason for upgrading. I think a lot of the time people give an excuse, or perhaps even a justification to themselves, when they really just want the excitement of new phone. I often catch myself inventing reasons why I should replace my perfectly fine phone.
- thimp 3y ago
  No it was 6 months old and she doesn't care about it or phones. She thought it was broken. I charged it with my powerbank, an anker PD one and she ordered a proper charger off amazon. I gave her my spare USB-C cable. It was seen as a potential financial inconvenience having to do anything about it as well. Literally many people do not care enough to understand it. It's just a modern necessity, a tool.
  - illumin8 3y ago
    This is my wife. She purchased a bunch of USB-A to USB-c cables off Amazon and wonders why her laptop runs out of power while plugged in - it's because the laptop needs 25-30 watts and those cables can only put out 5 watts because they're limited by the USB-A port. USB-c PD is such a dumpster fire of a standard. Even with supposedly high end cables like Anker you often can't charge a Macbook Pro faster than it can drain it's own battery under load. We can't expect normal people to understand why there are a dozen different cable types that all have the same tip but charge at vastly different rates...
    - seba_dos1 3y ago
      There are no USB cables that are limited to 5W, and standard non-PD USB-A ports can give you up to 15W. The only case where you may need a different (non-passive, "e-marked") cable is when going above 60W (3A).
    - dhosek 3y ago
      I recently discovered that I can use my iPad and MacBook charging brick to test PD of a usb cable. If it’s low wattage, the charging brick will not provide any power to the iPad. High wattage and it will.
    - Dylan16807 3y ago
      The charging speed of USB-C cables (C on both ends) is pretty much just the slow ones and the fast ones, and "slow" is 60 watts.
      - throwaway2990 3y ago
        No.
        Dylan16807 3y ago
        Yes. Every conforming cable supports 3 amps and 20 volts. If you think something's incorrect with that, be specific. But the spec is pretty clear. The exact details of the faster cables are murky because there's old and new versions of that section of the spec, but very few devices use enough power to care about that.
        oarsinsync 3y ago
        > Every conforming cable The problem is all the non-conforming cables that people have, that look exactly the same as conforming cables.
        geoelectric 3y ago
pmontra 3y ago
It can be only the charger or the cable. It usually happens when using the charger of an old phone for a new one or when buying a new cable, maybe because the one coming with the phone is too short and doesn't go from the plug to the table. Both chargers and cables usually list their compatible phones.

by thimp 3y ago

red369 3y ago

I don't necessarily think it applies in your example, but I've heard some very silly reasons given by people as their reason for upgrading. I think a lot of the time people give an excuse, or perhaps even a justification to themselves, when they really just want the excitement of new phone. I often catch myself inventing reasons why I should replace my perfectly fine phone.

thimp 3y ago
No it was 6 months old and she doesn't care about it or phones. She thought it was broken. I charged it with my powerbank, an anker PD one and she ordered a proper charger off amazon. I gave her my spare USB-C cable. It was seen as a potential financial inconvenience having to do anything about it as well. Literally many people do not care enough to understand it. It's just a modern necessity, a tool.
- illumin8 3y ago
  This is my wife. She purchased a bunch of USB-A to USB-c cables off Amazon and wonders why her laptop runs out of power while plugged in - it's because the laptop needs 25-30 watts and those cables can only put out 5 watts because they're limited by the USB-A port. USB-c PD is such a dumpster fire of a standard. Even with supposedly high end cables like Anker you often can't charge a Macbook Pro faster than it can drain it's own battery under load. We can't expect normal people to understand why there are a dozen different cable types that all have the same tip but charge at vastly different rates...
  - seba_dos1 3y ago
    There are no USB cables that are limited to 5W, and standard non-PD USB-A ports can give you up to 15W. The only case where you may need a different (non-passive, "e-marked") cable is when going above 60W (3A).
  - dhosek 3y ago
    I recently discovered that I can use my iPad and MacBook charging brick to test PD of a usb cable. If it’s low wattage, the charging brick will not provide any power to the iPad. High wattage and it will.
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    The charging speed of USB-C cables (C on both ends) is pretty much just the slow ones and the fast ones, and "slow" is 60 watts.
    - throwaway2990 3y ago
      No.
      - Dylan16807 3y ago
        Yes. Every conforming cable supports 3 amps and 20 volts. If you think something's incorrect with that, be specific. But the spec is pretty clear. The exact details of the faster cables are murky because there's old and new versions of that section of the spec, but very few devices use enough power to care about that.
        oarsinsync 3y ago
        > Every conforming cable The problem is all the non-conforming cables that people have, that look exactly the same as conforming cables.
        geoelectric 3y ago

pmontra 3y ago

It can be only the charger or the cable. It usually happens when using the charger of an old phone for a new one or when buying a new cable, maybe because the one coming with the phone is too short and doesn't go from the plug to the table. Both chargers and cables usually list their compatible phones.