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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

I may be stupid.

But I have no idea how people are comparing "better" or "worse" cables. I always just assumed they were just cables.

Edit: for people downvoting me, I'm not saying they are just cables, I'm just saying I don't know what the difference is, and asking for an explanation. Please calm down.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

There are different dimensions for this, balance of importance differs between users and application:

  • data transfer rate
  • power transfer rate
  • durability
  • reusability with other products
  • length
  • price
  • someone made it white and engraved a pictogram of an incomplete apple on it
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Don't worry, apple is still limiting data transfer to usb2 protocols except on the pro models

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

See it's at this point I get lost haha, but I think I'm starting to understand the gist of it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There is zero technical reason to limit the speeds. Apple is just being an asshole and wants to misrepresent USB-C to their customers. Because again, Apple are assholes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Apple is using the last year's Pro chip in this year's standard iPhone. That doesn't have USB 3 support. They could have added a USB 3 chip for that but it's Apple.

The newest a17 bionic chip has USB 3 support built in. It is only present in iPhone Pro hence USB 3 support for the cable.

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