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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by JoshTriplett on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @03:40PM (#10509533)
Related: has anyone written reviews of car USB ports, what devices they're capable of charging, and workarounds for charging higher-current devices? Many car USB ports have failure modes similar to those documented in these reviews, and they can't actually deliver high current for charging high-end smartphones, let alone tablets and laptops.
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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by tehstone8 on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @03:48PM (#10509595)
Buy an Anker charger rated at 2 Amps. It will live up to it's promises.
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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by JoshTriplett on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @03:52PM (#10509638)
The kind that plug in to the 12V "accessory" port, skipping the car's own USB entirely?
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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by jmiwhite on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @04:11PM (#10509796)
Yes, for example: http://www.amazon.com/Car-Charger-PowerIQ-Technology-Motorol...
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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by lucb1e on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @04:22PM (#10509874)
Wait, you can charge/power a laptop over USB?
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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by JoshTriplett on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @05:22PM (#10510238)
USB type C, yes. You can charge the current Pixel from a USB port. In the case of a type-A host port, you can do so slowly; in the case of a native type-C port, you can do so quickly.
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