It seems like OEMs are becoming brave enough to stop bundling a USB charging cable in their phone's packaging.

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[–] 35 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Hot take, I don't mind it - my drawer of questionably compliant OEM cables is overflowing. Less plastic waste is a win, as long as everyone sticks to USB-C.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    The issue is there's a dozen different types of usb-c and not all cords are compatible with each type.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    and 99% of the use of the cable for most phones is charging… which pretty much any crap cable will do just fine, and fast

    and the remaining cables… who is really using weird special modes on cables for their phone?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Using any old cable my phone takes approximately 4 to 5 hours to charge. Using the cable that came with it the phone takes approximately 25 minutes to charge. Literally everyone with fast charging needs the specified cable to get those speeds. Most phones these days support fast charging. So most people use special cables. Now, a lot probably aren't aware that there's a difference, hence all these comments, but that doesn't mean there isn't a difference.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Not true. There are a dozen different types of knockoff USB-C. If you buy one that meets spec (basically just not the no-name bottom-of-the-barrel e-waste on Amazon) you're going to get essentially full functionality (meaning high speed data transfer, power delivery, HDMI over USB, etc); and if you need something more, you're probably going to know what to look for.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Wasnt the case, at least for me. My phone supports up to 30W charging, and the only cable i have that supports that is the one that came with the phone

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Literally any USB-C cable supports charging with 60W.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C#Power_delivery

    Note however that this is not the case for those USB-A to USB-C cables.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago*

    Really your linked article is not very good in my opinion. It just recounts some common 'wisdom' without providing any actual data.

    Sure, if you got scammed and your cable is not actually a functioning cable, then anything can happen.

    However that does not change the fact that any USB-C cable has to support 60W charging.

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