Apple Selling New 60W and 240W USB-C Woven Charge Cables

[MacRumors]

Following its iPhone 15 event on Tuesday, Apple released a few related accessories, including a USB-C to Lightning adapter and a one-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable. It turns out the company has also made available a new 60W 1-meter USB-C Charge Cable ($19) and a 240W 2-meter USB-C Charge Cable ($29), designed for charging iPhone 15 models, iPads, and Macs.

Apple advertises the new woven charge cable with USB-C connectors on both ends as "ideal for charging, syncing, and transferring data between USB-C devices." It supports charging of up to 240 watts and transfers data at USB 2 rates.

Compatible with all iPhone 15 models and Apple's latest iPad and Mac models, the cable can be paired with a compatible USB-C power adapter to charge the devices from a wall outlet and take advantage of fast-charging capabilities.

While the new standard iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are equipped with a USB-C port, data transfer over a cable remains limited to USB 2.0 speeds of up to 480 Mbps, which is equal to the Lightning port on previous iPhones.

The higher-end iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are also equipped with a USB-C port, but those devices support USB 3 data transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps over a cable. For this reason, Apple made its previously-existing Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable available in a shorter one-meter size for $69.

(Thanks MacRumors forum member BeatCrazy!)

Article Link: Apple Selling New 60W and 240W USB-C Woven Charge Cables

 

[Chiromac81]

Brutal. Seriously they gimped the USB-C to Usb 2 speeds?? Lmao

 

[Natrium]

Tim Apple: enjoy the USB-C port you’ve been asking for, handicapped with decade old Lightning speeds, unless you pay for the iPhone Pro

 

[Kiwamu]

Tim Apple: enjoy the USB-C port you’ve been asking for, handicapped to decade old Lightning speeds, unless you pay for the iPhone Pro

It's Magic!

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

I don’t think even Lightning truly achieved USB-2 Speeds for data transfer. On any phone.

Hasn't there been many articles about the USB-c iPads not reading proper speeds, also?

 

[gpat]

I'm actually throwing out my Magsafe cable on the MBP16" for this, so I no longer need a multiport charger.

 

[mobutt]

The thunderbolt 3 cable won’t support usb 3 speeds on the phone? I’d have to imagine it does and that the thunderbolt 4 cable wouldn’t be required.

 

[ThomasJL]

Tim Apple: enjoy the USB-C port you’ve been asking for, handicapped with decade old Lightning speeds, unless you pay for the iPhone Pro

It's two decades old. Apple released their first USB 2.0 products 20 years ago, in 2003.

Tim Cook has no shame.

 

[Chiromac81]

shame. Shame. Shame.

 

[sack_peak]

Is a 240W charger cable a sign that we will one day see a MBP 16" M3 Ultra?

 

[Chiromac81]

Guess the easy answer is buying ankler or other brands usb c cables

 

[Torty]

For everything only one cable 😆

 

[pete1]

No mention of any MFI program this time round, so we can get full charge speeds with any USB-C cable?

 

[Eldaerenth Faexidor]

“We LOVE our customers” -Tim Cook✌️

 

[gpat]

No mention of any MFI program this time round, so we can get full charge speeds with any USB-C cable?

MFI for USB-C has always been a clickbaiting stunt.
Imagine getting slow charge on a 2024 iPhone because you were using a 2021, fully Apple, iPad cable.

 

[tomtad]

These woven cables in white get so dirty. They’re awful

 

[Aleco]

I got the 240W cable in yesterday, it's thick. MagSafe 3 cable next to it for comparison.

 

[Chiromac81]

Why not just get full spec USB C cable from another company??

 

[gpat]

Why not just get full spec USB C cable from another company??

I believe these are as full-spec as they come. Much more reliable than your average Amazon crap.
They would probably be my first choice even for operating non-Apple devices.
Actually quite cheap for their quality, I'm surprised, and the same goes for the new USB-C EarPods.

 

[Ifti]

I have a couple of 3m TB4 Pro cables - good to know I can use these for the 'higher' speed with the 15Pro Max......even though I never connect my phone to the computer......and even though USB3 speeds are still pretty poor considering todays standards. I was expecting the Pro Max to interface at 20 or 40Gbps to be fair, especially with the ability to capture ProRes video directly to an external device now.......

 

[slplss]

Alternatively, they sell a braided 2 and 3m long mophie for less, for quite some time.

 

[jlc1978]

Tim Apple: enjoy the USB-C port you’ve been asking for, handicapped with decade old Lightning speeds, unless you pay for the iPhone Pro

So before the announcement, people were clamoring for faster data speeds on the Pro models, because well, the are used by Pros. Apple did that, and now people complain teh plebeian 15 models get non-Pro needed speeds?

Apple is going to differentiate the two lines as that is the best way to get people to buy the higher priced version.

 

[Rychiar]

Why would you need a thunderbolt cable to get usb 3 speeds? Can’t you just use any usb 3 cable as pretty much all usb cables have been for the last 15 years?

 

[Onimusha370]

I'm going to boldly claim that the 240W brick is for an 18 inch MacBook Ultra (ft M2 Ultra) purely because that's everything I've ever wanted.

 

[goobot]

The usb c wire that came with my Mac is starting to fall apart, might pick up the 240 watt when it fails. Looks like a great universal charging cable.