TL;DR 1.5 m cable, instead of 1 m. Color-matched and braided.
Only for uk though you know damn well they’ll sell lightning phones in the U.S. because they’ll never be forced to change
Having more SKUs is harder and more expensive to maintain; they will sell the inclusion of USB-C as a way to unify their charger across their platforms and to add Thunderbolt to the Pro models.
It’s a usb-c cable.
This is the last portable device I had that wasn’t usb-c.
It really comes down to the way you use it. As others have mentioned you don’t even need one to get the job done. And it’s true that beyond a certain length it’s sort of impractical; mostly just for show.
In all seriousness, being that they’re using standard C ends, I’m a little surprised they’re going to include one at all.
… I don’t know what you mean that beyond a certain length it’s impractical. I keep 6-10ft USB C cables everywhere. I view 3 feet as the minimum useful length to me, at least because honestly much shorter than I don’t even have a place to rest my phone while it charges. I was looking at even getting a 15-20 foot cable for my living room since all my outlets are kinda far from the couch.
I hope the new braided cables don’t break as easily as the current non-braided ones.
Not sure what kind of insulation they use in their cables. It sure feels nice and rubbery, but they seem to be falling apart regardless of how you use it after a few years because the insulation got brittle over time. Are they using natural rubber or something? I live in the tropics so the abundance of UV makes rubber products fall apart faster here. Hopefully braided cables last longer.
The cable for my M2 MBA is braided and the quality feels equal to my braided Anker usb-c cables and I’ve had those for the better part of a decade without any issues. So I’d imagine if these are infact the new iPhone cables they should probably be good too.
I guess I’m one of the few people who prefers wireless charging. I haven’t used a cable in my phone for years
I like mag safe at time, but USB C charging is faster, less hot, not as bulky in the hand, and requires less outlets if everything in your home is using the same port, etc.
Although, to be fair, it does kind of product extra waste in the short term. I’m definitely going to be trashing a decade of lightning crap and buying USB C cables.
I guess I don’t need to use my phone when it’s charging as much as most people, or maybe just don’t use my phone as much period
My iPhone 12 battery is kind of trash now, so using the phone plugged-in is common now.
When my battery was fresh, I would make it to the evening, plop it down, and be done. Now I need to charge once or twice in the middle of the day, and I usually notice that I need to charge while I’m using the device.
Personally, wireless isn’t fast enough about half the time and current high-power charging can charge even iPhones up extremely fast to the point I’d rather plug in for 20 minutes then sit my phone on the Qi charger for an hour but that would change if wireless charging technology caught up.
I get around that by having multiple wireless chargers where I’m usually not using my phone. One next to my bed, one at my desk, another in the kitchen. I just plop the phone down and it tops itself up.
Not having to dig around for a cable in the dark when I go to bed is pretty nice.
where I’m usually not using my phone
This is why my house is a tangled mess of cables. The only time I’m not actively on my phone is when I’m asleep. I’ve got a 10’ cable beside my bed for the time just prior to sleeping and just after waking up. 😬
Even when I’m working, I’m constantly picking up and checking news, or games, or messages, or whatever. I don’t have enough “inactive” time throughout the day to get anything from wireless charging.
I don’t like that in order to use my phone while it’s charging on a wireless charger, I need to pick up the whole wireless charger, wire and all, and then it kind of defeats the purpose.
I think it doesn’t work well for people who need to have their phones in their hands at all times (me).
That’s a lot of speculation for a single cable
