stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 10 months agoApple’s new USB-C iPhone cables and dongles are predictably expensivewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down122file-text
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minus-squaretrachemys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoYou probably won’t get full charging speed. An actual type-c cable gives higher watts than lightning.
minus-squarenathris@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI have a $2 USB C cable I got off of Ali that I use to charge my laptop at 65W. It’s rated for 100W but I have no way of testing it. It’s actually higher quality than any official apple cable I’ve used, although that’s a pretty low bar.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoThat sounds a bit too good to be true.
minus-squareEggyhead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago You probably won’t get full charging speed. Then why not just use a USB C cable?
You probably won’t get full charging speed. An actual type-c cable gives higher watts than lightning.
I have a $2 USB C cable I got off of Ali that I use to charge my laptop at 65W. It’s rated for 100W but I have no way of testing it.
It’s actually higher quality than any official apple cable I’ve used, although that’s a pretty low bar.
That sounds a bit too good to be true.
Then why not just use a USB C cable?