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iPhone 15 is coming, and these features will be worth the wait (9to5mac.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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iPhone 15 looks to be a pretty great update, at least for the Pro. Personally I have been holding out for a USB C iPhone so I was going to upgrade whenever that happened but there are some other things that look good as well.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (4 children)

USBC advocates who talk about “a single cable”. Do y’all really only charge one device at a time? Or will y’all be traveling with 2, 3, or 4 USBC cables when iPhone transitions?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I have two USB-C cables on my desk plus a Lightning cable.

    Those two cables will charge my two laptops, my mouse, my PS5 controller, my iPad Pro, and my battery packs. I rarely find a scenario where I need to charge more than 2 at once.

    Meanwhile the Lightning cable is only ever for my phone.

    Yes, you want more than one cable, but USB-C means you can just have a couple of identical chargers that are big enough for your largest device but can charge anything. No more trying to find the right charger for the right device.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's not about the number of cables, but the number of cable types. The combinatoric explosion sucks. I've got cables for A-to-B, A-to-mini, A-to-micro, A-to-C, A-to-Lightning, C-to-C (some capable of TB3), C-to-Lightning. Apple already went all-in on USB-C with their laptops years ago, to the extent that they ditched every other port for a while. The sooner they do the same on the iPhone, the sooner we can leave behind the inconvenience of having the wrong cable or lacking a dongle.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Try this cable. Only comes in 3' length, but Walmart sells this one that is basically the same thing in 6' length. A- to micro, C, and Lightning. It's not perfect, but it definitely cuts down on the number of cables you need to carry.

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