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Tins
9th March 2024, 12:03 PM
Far out.

https://youtu.be/AD5aAd8Oy84'si=QE-bTrRChi-tg8oo
BradC
9th March 2024, 09:07 PM
Kinda comparing apples with grapes there. USBC != Thunderbolt. Great detail in the images though.
Tins
9th March 2024, 09:48 PM
Kinda comparing apples with grapes there. USBC != Thunderbolt. Great detail in the images though.

Well, yes. I'm sure they could have found something more comparable than an Amazon Basics. It was the images, and the almost beauty of the  cable that took me. Did give an insight into why good cables cost, even before the Tax.
superquag
12th May 2024, 08:28 PM
It's been my experience that genuine Apple USB - charge cables have a limited physical life, insulation eventually comes away from the connectors. Sadly, buying el-cheapo eBay-specials doesn't get around the iPhone Homicidal Streak... Mehanically great, but the are slowly but surely assassinated electrically, and eventually fail. The current criminal is an iPhone 7

Naturally, I see this as a deliberate malice [bigsad]
Tins
12th May 2024, 08:41 PM
It's been my experience that genuine Apple USB - charge cables have a limited physical life, insulation eventually comes away from the connectors. Sadly, buying el-cheapo eBay-specials doesn't get around the iPhone Homicidal Streak... Mehanically great, but the are slowly but surely assassinated electrically, and eventually fail. The current criminal is an iPhone 7

Naturally, I see this as a deliberate malice [bigsad]

I always ( after many failures ) apply a little heat shrink to the usual point of failure. It's been working well so far.
Tombie
13th May 2024, 10:06 AM
I have only had 2 apple cables fail - both destroyed by entusiastic puppies [biggrin]

Never had the insulation fail, nor rip out - I do not ever yank the plugs out by the cables which seems to be the key.
Tins
13th May 2024, 10:16 AM
I think in my case it has been awkward use whilst driving the truck.
350RRC
13th May 2024, 10:18 AM
I buy a couple of the Aldi cables when they come up every year @ $10 a pop.

Best I've found, braided, etc. Have to cut the metal collar off the phone ends to fit a life proof brand case but that's not hard.

Lifeproof case keeps the screen like new and the dock perfect.

DL