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Apple Vision Pro Battery Pack Power Cable is Removable

coolfactor said:
I had the exact OPPOSITE problem! I was a huge Lightning fan, but after 3 failed Lightning connectors on iPhones, I'm happy to see it retired. Even my current iPhone 13 Pro won't make a Lightning connection for charging, just months after getting it, and i'm still paying off the darn thing! Only charge via Qi now.

Lightning was a failure in the end.

I haven't had a single problem with any of my USB-C devices.
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Once I had to troubleshoot and iPhone with a party Lighting port. The cable wouldn’t stay plugged in.
I fixed the problem with a needle, removing all the lint that accumulated inside the port. After that, the problem was gone and the user was very happy.
The way the Lightning connector was built is like no other. Always a good connection, it doesn’t lose its grip.
Of course, if you connect low quality chinese cables expect to have issues.
 
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dim.bon said:
This is what we would’ve got if EU hadn’t forced Apple to replace lightning with usb-c I guess
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I love this idea.

I don't think it would have happened because people would have plugged old Lightning into it, and generally found it too confusing... But definitely it is the "lightning that could have been" :)
 
This plug was almost already leaked last June:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1667825321331277826

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Amazing Iceman said:
The Lightning connector is much more durable than the USB-C connector, which over time becomes lose and makes a bad connection.
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Never ever had a USB type C loose connector. As for why apple choose this connector instead of type C, it's obviously to force users to buy those expensive power banks from Apple. Apple always doing everything for profit at the expense of consumers. That's why I hate Apple, and that's why EU should f*** them for this!
 
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There's no way I would buy this without being able to directly connect it to a non-proprietary battery and to a USB-C port for display. Can you imagine any monitor half this price (or quarter or a eighth) not being able to be plugged into mains or into other devices for display?
 
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frownface said:
Quite the opposite, they've probably put smarts into the battery itself and the cable so that the cable will only work with apple batteries.

If that connector was just a vanilla usb-c cable; then people could buy any powerbank with a USB-C connector and use that instead of paying apple $200.
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Reminds me of the joke about the Apple Car.
Apple wheels will be slightly out of round to only accept $1,000 Apple tires.
 
4nNtt said:
The other side has as many contacts in the band, but only 7 in magnetic connector. So hard to say. Particularly since some pins in USB-C are optional or not needed for all versions of spec.
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USB-C has a number of optional or mode-dependent pins. For 7 pins, my guess would be 1 CC (Configuration Channel), 2 power, and 4 data transfer.
 
macduke said:
So Lightning lives on in a hidden, cursed form!

I noticed that hole in MKBHD’s video and wondered if that hole was a pin release. Wish they would just stop it with the proprietary connectors, though.

I get needing a lock on the headset, seems like you could design a mechanism to lock USB-C! Like an indent on the cable. Maybe they didn’t want people plugging it straight into the wall, because maybe the battery has some other voltage regulation hardware? Only a matter of time before the EU gets pissed, which works out for Apple because then everyone will need new battery packs.
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if it was usb-c, people will try all sorts of usb-c battery packs that may damage Vision Pro.

and I'm sure EU will wait 10 years until apple ships hundreds of millions of units, then force apple to change the connector and claim they're doing it for the environment instead of just forcing them now. lmao
 
coolfactor said:
I used to be an Apple defender over their Lightning cable, but this is kinda crazy! Why yet another proprietary connector? Sure, it looks cool, but come on... aren't we past this petty game yet? Are they afraid that if they used a standard USB-C connector, people would connect cheap third-party cables that could cause damage, or under-power the device?
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because many usb-c battery packs don't provide enough power and/or may damage the Vision Pro and need a locking mechanism.
 
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andrewxgx said:
of course they could use just one USB-C port for charge and discharge, but they had to use two to make sure battery pack is proprietary
at which point fanboys realize the company that favored good product design is simply gone?
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you want a cable that accidentally can disconnect easily and possibly underpower the device possibly ruining the Vision Pro?

apple clearly thought this out while you didn't.
 
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