Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery
by daxelrod on Sunday December 10, 2017 @11:22AM
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Do you consider Apple a reputable vendor? Becuase https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLL82AM/A/usb-c-charge-ca... handles power and USB 2 only. No USB 3, no Thunderbolt, no HDMI, no DisplayPort.
As far as I can tell, the advice should probably actually be "Buy high end Thunderbolt 3 cables from a reputable vendor."
Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery
by fzzzy on Sunday December 10, 2017 @01:26PM
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The decision by Apple to only sell a "charge cable" is one of the most baffling things to me. What on earth are they thinking?
Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery
by coldtea on Sunday December 10, 2017 @02:00PM
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Offering it a cheaper price for one of the most common uses where people need > 1 cables (one for home/office etc)?
Or the fact that's very easy to just buy another one for data/video etc?
I guess the standard could do with some color coding, but it's not like its the end of the world. Or worth it to have N different connector technologies just so we can differentiate what does what.
All of those can be used to do the same thing -- just with a smaller powered current, and/or slower speed.
Just don't buy crappy cables:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/4/10916264/usb-c-russian-rou...
Just buy high-end USB-C cables from a reputable vendor and you are set. As long as some product (e.g. a printer or hard drive) comes with a specific USB-C cable, use it with that, and it will be good for it. End of story.