Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015)

Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by jordache on Sunday September 16, 2018 @03:25PM (#18000595)

usb-c is a POS... the USB-C power connection on my MBP was noticeably looser after 1 yr of use.. lightning never exhibited this degradation.

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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by jayd16 on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:38AM (#18003901)

You're the second person in this thread to mention this problem on the MBP. I work with tons of phones with USB-C and my laptop charges with USB-C and I don't see this "degrade over time" issue the MBP seems to have.

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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by SargeZT on Sunday September 16, 2018 @08:42PM (#18002257)

So what you're saying is that Apple's implementation of the USB-C connector is terrible? I don't see how that's a legitimate criticism of the standard.

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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by jordache on Sunday September 16, 2018 @09:59PM (#18002615)

I suspect the hollow USB C male connector is more susceptible to this degradation. The lightning male connector is not hollow

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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by akvadrako on Monday September 17, 2018 @08:47AM (#18005388)

It's really too bad Apple didn't turn lightning into a standard connector. It could serve the same purpose as USB-C alt-mode (3.1 / DP / HDMI / Thunderbolt) without the legacy USB 2 wires.

Especially if they made it double-sided (16 pin) but kept the form-factor the same.

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Re:Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (2015) by squaredpants on Sunday September 16, 2018 @08:25PM (#18002176)

It's funny, I also prefer much more the lightning connector to the Type-C one, but Type-C is not under Apple's tight grip...

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