USB-C teardown with CT scans: Thunderbolt and more
USB-C teardown with CT scans: Thunderbolt and more
The reign of the Lightning cable is over, and the USB-C era has begun — leaving us wondering what sets one charger apart from another. We do a teardown of Apple's Thunderbolt 4 and its competitors.
You can get USB4 40gbps 240w capable usb-c cables from Infinite Cables based in Canada for ~$20 (not a shill, just very very peeved that the article only compared apple’s cable to sub-$10 cables from shady amazon sellers and then acted surprised when they were awful)
If you think a cable is worth $129 then you're exactly the type of fucking moron that Apple preys on lol
You clearly did not read the article or the discussion.
Your blind hatred for Apple and its market doesn't make you smart or well informed.
I read the article and I don't get your point. The article is comparing a supercar to some junkyard beaters and trying to make that somehow a fair comparison.
End of the day, no the $129 price tag isn't worth it. And you should know that as well, because that's literally Apple's business model (get them with the accessories). Yeah, it's a nice cable that can do some cool shit, but it's mostly feature bloat to explain away the ridiculous price.
I'm not promoting the purchase, but my counterpoints are:
- Time is money
- $129 isn't much to some people
This is actually pretty cool.
Amazing to see the differences inside of the cables. There’s so much stuff crammed inside of the Apple cable compared to the basic ones.
It would be nice to see a comparison between two highly featured cables to see if what Apple uses is standard fare or not.
I know their lightning cables required a small processor for the whole “certified” thing in order for devices to not bring up a little window and let users know that they’re cheap. Wonder if that’s still the case with their USB-C implementation