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Review: Anker's 24K Gold-Plated USB-C to Lightning Cable Certainly Makes a Statement
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Anker recommends cleaning the connectors regularly with unicorn tears. 🦄
I'm with you on that, I never have any failures....one of my coworkers though ugh!
Really? I actually only buy Anker cables (not this one though, the reasonably priced ones) and find they are much more durable than the cables Apple provides with their products.
I'd like to see a year later review, that would be interesting.
The reason I mentioned I don't really like braided cables is they can collect dirt like mad. I wouldn't recommend a braided cable in an uber.
All the uber black driver would need to do is get nice $25 black easy-to-clean smooth cables and their customers would be happy.
When did fabric braid clad cables become stiff? I remember in the 80’s seeing my first fabric clad audio cable and one of the things I noticed right away about it was how flexible and nice it felt compared to other cables at the time.
Now every fabric shielded cable I come across seems to be more stiff than it’s plastic shielded equivalent.
Now every fabric shielded cable I come across seems to be more stiff than it’s plastic shielded equivalent.
I was basing it off of the cable probably being $10 if not gold. But you're not wrong.
I’ve had a couple of lightning cables fail, and both times it was the exposed electrical contacts wearing off on the lightning plug itself. I bet USB-C plugs are a more durable design, since the electrical contacts are on the inside of the plug.
As a coffee shop aficionado, I feel attacked, haha, but no coffee-dwellers don't generally buy this type of thing. This is more for the type of people that want others to know they can afford it. This is just tacky and loud.
OK, here you go... following the post-Covid global recession and the collapse of every major currency, we melted down our Anker lightning cables and traded the gold for food.
It's MFi certified. All of Anker's relevant products are.
As others have noted and is mentioned in the article, this is not an ad. We don't do paid posts. They did provide the product for review, which is standard.
It's not every day you see a gold-plated Lightning cable, and I thought it would be a fun look at a unique product. No, I don't expect many people to be interested in buying it (and neither does Anker), so maybe my review lets you get a little closer look at it without having to shell out $100.
That cable seems like the perfect companion for the $1,000 HDMI cable!
Obviously this is a niche product for someone who has money burning a hole in their pocket, but even then you’d have to be crazy enough to get something like this instead of wasting $100 on something else. You might as well give it to charity.
The cables Apple bundles with the phones are ok, but after a couple years they begin to fall apart by themselves.
Right now I’m using a few MFi braided cables (including some from IKEA) and have no problems whatsoever.
Obviously this is a niche product for someone who has money burning a hole in their pocket, but even then you’d have to be crazy enough to get something like this instead of wasting $100 on something else. You might as well give it to charity.
The cables Apple bundles with the phones are ok, but after a couple years they begin to fall apart by themselves.
Right now I’m using a few MFi braided cables (including some from IKEA) and have no problems whatsoever.
Nah, it’s not for those guys.
But they would buy it if it was made of real hand-varnished mahogany and came in a full-grain aged leather pouch.
This is for the blinged out oil money markets, so they can charge their mobiles in their gold Lamborghinis.
This isn’t going to be very useful in a year and a few months if iPhone 13 goes portless as expected.
Hahaha, okay, I know it's stupid, but it's the kind of stupid little thing that is kinda cool.
$100 to occasionally feel like Mark Cuban when I'm charging my phone? Sweet...
$100 to occasionally feel like Mark Cuban when I'm charging my phone? Sweet...
Or instead of wasting $100 on something profoundly obscene like that, you could donate that money to a charitable cause like St. Judes Research Hospital for Children.
Looks awesome. Already ordered 2. Going to go great with my case!
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It's all relative. Instead of having a Coke you could drink water and donate the money you saved. People have a right to spend money on things they want. Life doesn't just have to be filled with necessities.
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Something like a regular ~$10~20 cable will last a long time if you take good care of it.
Guess some people have lots of money to spend even in a financial/health crisis.
Guess some people have lots of money to spend even in a financial/health crisis.