USB-C head-to-head comparison
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The reign of the Lightning cable is over, and the USB-C era has begun — leaving us wondering what sets one charger apart from another. We do a teardown of Apple's Thunderbolt 4 and its competitors.
  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I feel like cable type really doesn't matter for me since USB-C is mostly gonna be used to charge, and data transfer is something I hand off to WiFi or Bluetooth. That said, I don't buy cheap ass cables for a reason. But I also don't spend a small fortune either.

    This article feels like an ad for Apple cables, Amazon Basics cables, and an expensive ass CT scanner I'll never need and hope to god they're giving those employees dosimeters.

  • pacjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Nice read!

    I especially liked the part with the wiggly trace for better signal integrity. Always good to see design theory in practice.

  • ayyndrew@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Does anyone know of a decently priced, fully featured USB C cable that I can just buy a bunch of? I have to keep track of which high speed data cable came with my external SSD, which cable is USB 2.0 only, and which cables support high speed charging which kind of defeats the "one cable to rule them all" point of USB C