1 yr. ago • 93%

iPhone 15 charging cable may be long enough to actually use

9to5mac.com iPhone 15 charging cable may be long enough to actually use - 9to5Mac

As we await Apple’s iPhone 15 announcement, juicy charging cable rumors keep spicing up the month. The latest tidbit adds...

TL;DR 1.5 m cable, instead of 1 m. Color-matched and braided.

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USB-C LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

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- Only for uk though you know damn well they'll sell lightning phones in the U.S. because they'll never be forced to change
  
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  Having more SKUs is harder and more expensive to maintain; they will sell the inclusion of USB-C as a way to unify their charger across their platforms and to add Thunderbolt to the Pro models.
  
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  It’s a usb-c cable.
  
  This is the last portable device I had that wasn’t usb-c.
  
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  Exactly. Singular “A” cable. And it’s “the” only cable I keep around or buy anything for. I refuse to use a dumb lighting port so instead I own a lighting to type C adapter. No more multiple cables; Its a cable.
  
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It really comes down to the way you use it. As others have mentioned you don’t even need one to get the job done. And it’s true that beyond a certain length it’s sort of impractical; mostly just for show.

In all seriousness, being that they’re using standard C ends, I’m a little surprised they’re going to include one at all.

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- ... I don't know what you mean that beyond a certain length it's impractical. I keep 6-10ft USB C cables everywhere. I view 3 feet as the minimum useful length to me, at least because honestly much shorter than I don't even have a place to rest my phone while it charges. I was looking at even getting a 15-20 foot cable for my living room since all my outlets are kinda far from the couch.
  
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  It was a dick joke
  
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I hope the new braided cables don't break as easily as the current non-braided ones.

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- The cable for my M2 MBA is braided and the quality feels equal to my braided Anker usb-c cables and I’ve had those for the better part of a decade without any issues. So I’d imagine if these are infact the new iPhone cables they should probably be good too.
  
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  Great to hear that!!
  
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- Not sure what kind of insulation they use in their cables. It sure feels nice and rubbery, but they seem to be falling apart regardless of how you use it after a few years because the insulation got brittle over time. Are they using natural rubber or something? I live in the tropics so the abundance of UV makes rubber products fall apart faster here. Hopefully braided cables last longer.
  
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That's a lot of speculation for a single cable

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- But it's the bestest cable they have ever made
  
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Maybe? Maybe? In which year are we living ? Can't apple make a long enough cable for people to use? No they can't, because people have to pay extra $$$$$$$$ to get a longer cable. They don't care if you have to sit next to wall to charge and use your phone.

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I guess I'm one of the few people who prefers wireless charging. I haven't used a cable in my phone for years

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- I like mag safe at time, but USB C charging is faster, less hot, not as bulky in the hand, and requires less outlets if everything in your home is using the same port, etc.
  
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  It's also wasteful if that is something you care about.
  
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  I guess I don't need to use my phone when it's charging as much as most people, or maybe just don't use my phone as much period
  
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- I don't like that in order to use my phone while it's charging on a wireless charger, I need to pick up the whole wireless charger, wire and all, and then it kind of defeats the purpose.
  
  I think it doesn't work well for people who need to have their phones in their hands at all times (me).
  
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  It's also extremely energy inefficient.
  
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That cable in the pic looks identical to the one I got in my MacBook Air box a few weeks back. Hope this is true but you can see in the photo it's clearly a) longer than 1.5m and b) too big for an iPhone box.

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Are these still included in the box though?

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For the price you pay for the iPhone it should include a 10m cord on a reel. Nice that it’s finally braided though. Never had a Apple charging cable that wouldn’t deteriorate.

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- You can bet your left nut that braiding will do precisely zero for durability. No way they want to eat into their cable profits.
  
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  I’ve never had an apple cable fail after 10+ years of owning their devices. People who destroy their cables are irresponsible, simple as
  
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  The magsafe cables are braided and they’re nice. Maybe someone else can chime in if they actually last longer as I‘m rarey using mine, so it being prestine is not a surprise in my case.
  
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Honestly, too long. I think 8” really is the sweet spot. I hate long cables!

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- 8 inches??
  
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- There's no way an 8 inch cable works for you. 8 inches wouldn't even span the distance from my car charger to a phone clamp or from my computer to my desk.
  
  3 ft is barely tolerable for me. 6 feet gives me enough room to move my phone around.
  
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  8 would work for my desk, my car, my bed and the one that sits on my counter. 3ft is too much cord and I end up with a lot hanging. 6ft is definitely too much.
  
  Then again I don’t use anything when it’s charging, so my use case is out of the norm
  
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- After taking a cursory look of where plugs are located in my house, I think I'll have to put my phone on the floor when I charge it if the cable is only 20cm long. 80cm is the minimum to be able to put the phone in a table while charging.
  
  Edit: disregard that, the plugs are 30cm above the floor so my phone would be hanging by the cable.
  
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  What kind of poor are you that your power outlets don't have built in phone shelves?
  
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