What Finally Killed AirPower

Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by rzzzt on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:51AM (#19528956)

MagSafe was in the sweet spot IMO. Doesn't require too much alignment, symmetrical pinout, disconnects quickly and safely, low mechanical wear from use.

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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by james-skemp on Saturday March 30, 2019 @11:22AM (#19529856)

I've taken to buying magnetic USB cables for this reason. Plug a connector into the bottom of phone/tablet, put a cable at work, in car, and next to the bed, and it's super easy to connect and disconnect, with no worry that the Micro-B connection is getting bent (with cats and a child we've gone through way more USB Micro-B cables than I would have expected).

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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by rkeene2 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @02:34PM (#19530958)

There are also magnetic USB-C adapters that do USB, power, and HDMI. I use one to dock my laptop.

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