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For one, Apple's new connector ("Lightning", but I'm not sold on the name) is reversible so is easier to insert correctly.
by spicyj 14y ago
For one, Apple's new connector ("Lightning", but I'm not sold on the name) is reversible so is easier to insert correctly.
- sophacles 14y agoThat is fantastic. Seriously, USB is annoying that way. But now when I take a trip for a couple days, which my work has me doing regularly, and if I have an Iphone 5, I have to be sure to bring my adaptor kit, or pay a $30 adaptor tax. With micro usb, I pay a $1 forgetfulness tax, if that, because almost everywhere has a spare usb charger or cable lying around. I don't want to pay that much to not have to turn the cable over once.
- danielweber 14y agoIn nearly every single situation, the right orientation for a USB cable is with the USB symbol on top. There are exceptions, but this one rule let me get it right for all but 1 device I own.
- andrewaylett 14y agoUnfortunately (and speaking as one who has never knowingly given Apple any money) not all USB devices get this right: I've got a card reader (made by Kingston) with the USB logo on the wrong side of the plug. It's really anoying.
- brunnsbe 14y agoYes, but it's still the connector most people put in correctly on the third try. ;-)
- notimetorelax 14y agoI noticed that micro USB is better in this respect.
- jl6 14y agoDoesn't help in the dark, which happens to me every night as I put it onto charge.
- mdonahoe 14y agoMy symbols have long faded away. I had to scratch one side.
- grecy 14y agoThe tech spec page says "Lightning to USB Cable". Doesn't say if it's USB 2 or 3, and doesn't say if it could be Thunderbolt (unlikely)