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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by julienb_sea on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:41PM (#37825239)
New iphone ships with a beautiful braided USB-C cable that's charge only. I'm going to cannibalize the usb-c cable from my external nvme drive if I ever want to plug the new phone in. Some usb-c cables are 100W compliant, many are not. None of them are clearly labeled.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by br0wnr1c3 on Monday October 09, 2023 @06:55PM (#37826487)
The new iPhone ships with a USB 2.0 cable, it does data transfer, just not at USB 3 speeds
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by Max-q on Monday October 09, 2023 @10:21PM (#37827895)
I think the regular is USB 2 and the pro is USB 3
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by rappr on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @07:22AM (#37830735)
The cable is the same for both devices though
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