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iPhone 15 Could Come With Color-Matched Braided USB-C Cables [Updated]
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Oh how fancy what a nice “feature”. Wonder when cables will stop being included?
And you plan to continue using these after you’re dead OR you are guaranteeing that you and your descendants will always use OR find others that will use them?
I know some people are proud that they use a device for a number of years past when anyone else would have used it. However, the environment timescales are not reined in by decades. 1,000 years is but a flash in geological scales. What devices made today, geologically speaking, are NOT e-waste?
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Thank you Apple for the braided cables. They are so Durable!
Exactly this. Long conductors have higher resistance, which greatly reduces charging speed.
Just a few ohms makes a big differences. Ohm's law in action. Ohm's law is also the reason why those cheap 26 gauge no-name cables with aluminum conductors are so poor at charging anything. When you pay so little, it must be junk. Simple economics: copper is a great conductor, but hefty copper wire is expensive.
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It’s the least they could do since they don't include a charging brick.
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Can we also get a Color-Matched Apple Charger with the new iPhone, please? Or am I asking for too much?
oi is that the return of the pink phone
and the black....is it *actually* a black phone, or the "space grey" that is the lightest shade of grey they can find. let's bring back the matte and jet black colors from circa iphone 7
and the black....is it *actually* a black phone, or the "space grey" that is the lightest shade of grey they can find. let's bring back the matte and jet black colors from circa iphone 7
Just so you guys know that each iPhone comes with a 1-year warranty which can be used to get a new lightning cable all you have to do is send the old cable back.
I'm thinking this is more for the new iMacs … don't see a pink/orange/whatever-that-colour-is-supposed-to-be iPhone.
"Can't innovate my ass!"
"Can't innovate my ass!"
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In addition, I want Apple to include a colored-match USB-C iPhone Dock, please.
Apple would make a killing if they sold these online. Hell make a pride edition, and the cables will sell like hotcakes!
Durable and if it came in 6' and 10' lengths.
I find it a sad fact that Apple has some of the most expensive cables and charging blocks yet some of the least durable.
It comes with plastic white. You want color? Fork it over $$$$
Define expensive.
Money wise they are inexpensive.
As for short vs long, I see very little difference for my high charge rate Android devices. Going with a 6' or 10' has minimal if any realistic impact.
If that’s the case, I’ll go for Anker’s once they release their USB-C version of the charging cable.
Unless Apple decides to ditch the cable in the box like the charger.
Yeah, this feels like something Apple will regret doing by next year. They’ll probably use a white braided cable for all colors of the iPhone 16 lineup to make it easier in addition to reducing costs.
Colour matched cables are good. Will be nice if Apple sells these separately also
This is fake judging by the design and length.
The design should look like this (first photo), look closely at each end of the cable. I like the new braided cable without the plastic end.
The design should look like this (first photo), look closely at each end of the cable. I like the new braided cable without the plastic end.
The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus could come with color-matched braided USB-C to USB-C cables, according to a rumor coming out of Asia.
Twitter user "Majin Bu" first shared the information over the weekend, but was unable to verify the source of the rumor circulating on Chinese social media. Now, Apple device prototype collector "Kosutami" has affirmed that they have seen design validation test (DVT) samples of the color-matched braided USB-C cables and they are apparently destined to come alongside the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.
With the exception of the black version, each of the cables has a glossy white plastic shell at either end. Unlike the Apple Watch magnetic charging cable and MagSafe 3, the braided USB-C cables feature strain relief tubes.
Kosutami told MacRumors that they are anticipating that these cables will at least come in white, black, yellow, purple, and orange color options. It seems that this orange shade will be closer to a pink, perhaps like the iPhone XR's Coral color option. Each of these cable colors should match up with a corresponding iPhone 15 color option. A single rumor from February suggested that the iPhone 15 will be available in Pink and Blue, but it is otherwise unknown what specific color options the new devices could come in.
To date, all iPhone models have come with a white cable featuring a white rubber jacket, regardless of the color option chosen for the device itself. Apple has gradually been moving to braided cables across most of its devices, and all MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with MagSafe 3 come with a color-matched braided cable, so doing the same for the iPhone seems plausible amid its transition to USB-C.
Update: The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will also apparently come with color-matched braided USB-C to USB-C cables, MacRumors has been told.
Article Link: iPhone 15 Could Come With Color-Matched Braided USB-C Cables [Updated]
Mind. Blown.
(Except not quite really.)
Being able to swap for a completely different connector on warranty terms? Please share where Apple states this in writing, I am intrigued! 😄
Just realized this, yeah this is most likely cables stripped from HomePod Minis with extra connectors glued on.
Same five colors as HomePod, approximate five foot length instead of three, strain relief, no starlight instead of silver, etc. etc. Them being the same colors as the iMacs had me thinking these could be for updated USB-C Magic accessories but modded HomePod cables makes more sense.