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The issue isn't as much strain relief as it is people disconnecting the cords by yanking them by the cable instead of the connector.
by illicium 14y ago
The issue isn't as much strain relief as it is people disconnecting the cords by yanking them by the cable instead of the connector.
- smsm42 14y agoNo, that's not the reason. Repeated bending of the weak connection point is the reason, and there's no reinforcement there to protect it.
- CamperBob2 14y agoWhich is what a "strain relief" is for. Strain reliefs are used because you have to assume that users will apply strain in every direction imaginable, and some that aren't.
- DanBC 14y agoThe class action over the mag-safe connector shows that the strain relief was inadequate.
- jrockway 14y agoA class action lawsuit over strain relief shows one thing: that lawyers see Apple as a nice juicy target. Smaller companies have made much worse connectors, but nobody cares, because there is no profit to be had from suing them.