iPad Pro and iPad Now Include Woven USB-C Cable, Also Sold Separately

[Robert.Walter]

Hopefully not so crap fragile as the traditional cable that prematurely filled landfills.

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

Also available for less than $10 dollars on Amazon.

Except that the $10 cable from Amazon is most likely a fire hazard.

 

[Max Webb]

The IPAD is USB C but the pen is 1st gen and still has lightning so you now need to buy an adapter to charge the apple pen gen 1 wtf apple.

 

[FelixDerKater]

Woven from the strands of a lion's mane or unicorn's tail?

 

[_Spinn_]

Hopefully this is more durable then.

 

[unQuestionable]

Anyone know what transfer speeds this usb-c cable is capable of?

 

[thadoggfather]

That seals the deal I’m upgrading from my m1 11 inch pro

(/s)

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

This is destroying our planet

 

[jmgregory1]

Apple should have been offering woven wrapped cables with any of their ~$1k products, not just new iPad Pro’s. I‘ve been using a Nomad Kevlar wrapped USB-C cable to charge my last two iPad Pros (2018 and current M1 12.9”) and it looks brand new still 4 years later, even after traveling around the world several times over.

 

[wolfshades]

Good! I just ordered an iPad Pro and had to go looking to see if they included the power cable.

 

[wolfshades]

Im betting u bought a silver mbp just to have the port matching It

Heh. Don't know about the person you were replying to but that's exactly what I did.

 

[genovelle]

I'm hoping these new braided cables are going to be much more durable. The current plastic/rubber sleeved Apple cables are prone to wearing out where the rubbered wire meets the plug.

Yeah. The problem is Apple devices last too long and have updates that keep them new each year. A friend was complaining about her Mac starting to get slow. I looked it had the old MagSafe connection. I said isn’t computer over 8 years old and still being used as a primary computer? She said I guess we Apple folks are a bit spoiled.

 

[genovelle]

Apple can't afford to include a more durable cable.

This one is not more more durable?

 

[genovelle]

Hopefully not so crap fragile as the traditional cable that prematurely filled landfills.

My Apple cables last me a year or two depending on how careless I am with them. Ironically I have bought a number or third parties several of which were close in price to Apples and they literally crapped out after a few weeks of use. One lasted a week at most. At least if I take it back to Apple there’s a chance they will comp me a new one to keep me happy.

 

[svish]

Good to have a woven cable in the box.

 

[itrees]

wonder why the woven usb-c to lightning isn't sold separately now

 

[hardwickj]

I wish they’d include a USB 3 or even 4 capable cable rather than the USB 2 cable.

This was going to be my question. They don't indicate anywhere on their product page what USB spec these cables are. So annoying.

 

[brofkand]

This was going to be my question. They don't indicate anywhere on their product page what USB spec these cables are. So annoying.

The USB-C connector supports basically every generation of USB which leads to this issue. Is the cable USB 2, 3, 4, does it carry DisplayPort or not, can it carry 100W, Etc…

 

[Haiku_Oezu]

Wonder if this does video out too

I’m tempted to get one because honestly the cheap ones you get off Amazon can be so unreliable the price difference is just not worth it.

 

[Damian83]

Also available for less than $10 dollars on Amazon.

and for less than 5 on aliexpress

 

[Damian83]

wonder why the woven usb-c to lightning isn't sold separately now

because it doesnt exist at all?

 

[CarlJ]

These things get super dirty btw

The cables that I carry around, or that sit on desks, I'm fine with them having woven coverings, but the ones that end up on the floor or in the car, I seek out more traditional plastic/rubber covered cables (usually Anker) for those - less likely to get messy, and easier to clean off if they do.

 

[CarlJ]

I think I may be asking for too much. But it would be ideal if the USB-C cable matched the colors of the iPad.

If the global supply chains weren't such a mess, they might do that, but things still aren't back to normal - I suspect they don't want to shut down manufacturing/sales of, say, yellow iPads, for a while, just because they can't source yellow cables for a few weeks.

 

[CarlJ]

That won't be Apple-like.

because it doesnt exist at all?

Apple already sells color-matched woven USB-C to Lightning cables with the newer iMacs:

New M1 iMacs come with color-matched braided USB-C to Lightning cable​

 

[Syfaro]

I ordered the woven cable (MQKJ3AM/A) and it just arrived. The box says "Supports charging up to 60W and USB 2." It's a bit disappointing that a Charge Cable doesn't support charging at 100W. A quick test shows that it is wired as one might expect for a cable of those specs and it doesn't have an e-marker.