Did I miss this or is it new?! It was the last thing anchoring me to regular USB-A chargers. Yay 🙂
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Apple Watch Magnetic Charger to USB-C Cable
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chrfr
macrumors G5
Yes I wish there was a 2m. But I'm happy still, for me it means one fewer power block to bring with me when I travel for work 🙂
CWallace
macrumors G5
I used to use a 0.3m cable on my nightstand with a third-party holder and it was the perfect length for my situation. Bought the Apple "saucer" charger and only being able to get a 1m USB-C to Lightning cable is a PITA because it's literally three times as long as I need so it hangs off the nightstand. 😛
(I now use the 0.3m for traveling.)
How so? It's perfect for my travel kit - I plug into my powerbank charging on the hotel nightstand. Extra cord would be a bother.
Perhaps they figure there's not so much a need for 2m USBC cords as for USBA. I suppose you could add a A-to-C dongle - though not ideal it should work.
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rosegoldoli
macrumors 6502a
Oh, I'll make do with the shorter ones! It's just that on my desk, I need a longer cable - but that one is stationary so it's not much of a problem since I do have a million USB-A chargers. For travel, not having to carry one is huge for me, and for that use case, 30cm and 1m are more than enough.
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Each to their own. I'd rather it come with the USBA cable as I'd have to adapt a USBC one at this point in time.
rosegoldoli
macrumors 6502a
what i would love is charging it on my laptop without having to use a dongle, its a first world problem so its no deal breaker for me. just wouldve been nice to have for free with the new watch
rosegoldoli
macrumors 6502a
curious about this too! and could i use the brick that comes with my macbook air 2018 to charge my watch
danmart
macrumors 68000
Unlikely IMHO as the watch already can get warm with the regular USBA charger.
Yea wasn’t sure if the magnet charger was maxed out already and that magnet connector was the limiting factor
techno-Zen
macrumors 68000
Brien
macrumors 68040
If you get the official Watch dock from Apple, that has a lightning port on the end, then you only need ONE cord and wall plug.
techno-Zen
macrumors 68000
chrfr
macrumors G5
It looks right, and if the cable was actually sold by Amazon, and not a 3rd party vendor, it is probably real. Keep in mind that counterfeiters are very good at copying products like cables, however, so the cable's appearance is really no validation.
Amazon has 1m Apple usb-c Apple Watch charging cables now. I just got two of them delivered, in Apple packaging.
Alameda
Contributor
When I travel, I want the short cables. A bag full of six foot cables? No way!
danmart
macrumors 68000
A lot of hotel rooms in the UK have very few power sockets. Often, the only way to charge your watch on a bed side unit is 3m of cable or more. I have 2m charger cables and a charge block with another 1.5 m of cable to be able to put them where I want of a night.