They compared the $130 TB4 Apple cable to $5 junk cables, but I wish they included some $40-80 competitors in the comparison. How does Anker fare?
Yeah, it’s the kind of article you write when you want to be sure Apple comes out looking good.
To me it is, could just be the guy who wrote it really likes Apple though. Who actually thought the 3 dollar cables were the same as the 140 dollar cable?
Yeah but honestly, it’s only the very worst cable that the Apple one truly looks good in comparison to. For the other ones, it’s better, yeah. Sure. 5-10 bucks better. Not 110+ better.
I have a USB-C cable that was around the $40 mark, and it has bulky and robust connectors that likely house some electronics in them. I originally bought it to my mom as a charger/data cable, but she didn’t like it, so I use it to occasionally connect my phone to my monitor. It transfers USB and 2.5K video signal without an issue with superfast charging as a bonus, and also braided. Not sure if it would fare at TB4 speeds.
…this cable accumulated 29 one-star reviews on Amazon and was discontinued the day after we bought it.
“Yes! Somebody real bought it! Quickly pull everything before they sue us.” 😅
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
That was pretty cool. $129 for a cable is excessive, but I guess there is a lot of engineering in it.
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.