Comment on What are some good, solid cables for charging and data transfer?
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 1 day agoJust hopping in to glaze Anker a little bit too. I’ve had their 6ft prime (had to look up the model) braided cable for over a year now. It lives knotted up in my work/school bag. I’m not easy on any of my stuff and it’s worked perfectly and looks as good as new.
When I’m at work the cable is sitting on the floorboard of an ambulance cooking to death because the transmission is directly under the cab and heats the floor up so much I use it to warm my lunch. It’s been ripped out of its spot, stepped on, caught and pulled on things and just generally beaten up and still works great
scutiger@lemmy.world 1 day ago
High power but USB2.0 speed though
lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Apple users won’t know the difference - I know a lot of the time data and power transfer numbers don’t matter to the average user, but I feel it’s goddamn criminal to use USB C but artificially restrict (for their non Pro phones ofc) to 2.0 speeds, while charging the same for their products as other, far better equipped phones. Same with Samsung and their incessant restrictions on any cable that’s not Samsung, offering like 60W of charging speed max. Meanwhile all the other Androids are living it up with USB3.2, max 10Gbps, and >100W since 2023.
scutiger@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I recently bought a keychain for about $6 that’s basically a 6 inch USB4 cable with 240W PD and 80gbps transfer speed. I can’t imagine making low-speed cables makes any sense nowadays.