Interesting USB C Cable

[VicParticipant @vic]

The Chinese are coming out with some interesting stuff these days. 😉

[Ches Green UKParticipant @chesgreenuk]

Vic,

Give the Chinese their due, they are constantly innovating. And £7 for such tech seems quite ‘fantastic’.

Adam Savage had a look inside some USB C cables last year …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5aAd8Oy84

An Apple Thunderbolt 4 USB-C      …….. versus ……. an Amazon basics cable.

He’s not really comparing like with like….the Apple one does a lot of processing within the cable ends whereas the Basics one just passes current.  But the differences are nonetheless quite interesting.

Ches.

[VicParticipant @vic]

Thanks for that! Yes, it’s amazing what’s inside some of these very ordinary looking cables.

Edit. I’ve got two Thunderbolt ports and two USB-C ports on my Mac and the speed difference when transferring data to storage devices has been quite noticeable in the past.

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