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Photos Claiming to Be of New Lightning Cable with Reversible USB Connector Surface
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I fixed my sons cheap headphones using self fusing repair tape when he pulled the wires out of the plug, a great non sticky tape that sticks together when stretched - something like
http://www.amazon.com/Duck-442055-W...d=1408143312&sr=8-8&keywords=self+fusing+tape
Clever. I see tripplite puts the USB logo on it, but I was just looking at the spec to see if it actually satisfies it, USB specifies just about everything down to the last detail and full compliance is mandatory to use the USB symbol on it.
All the drawings of the Series "A" plug in it show the blanking plug one side but I can't find a description which says it *must* be there. The plug has to satisfy various tests, including insertion and removal force and holding tests and connection tests but if it passes those it's probably in-spec. There isn't, for instance, a test that it can only go in one way up.
How funny if USB has actually had a reversible connector since day one.
3.1 is the next standard in USB and isn't actually in use yet.
It will mean new plugs and new ports.
The cables in this article are simply reversible versions of the same old USB standard that we're all using all ready.
No new hardware needed.
I know, but maybe apple should implement a Darwinism cable? If you are retarded enough to use a burst cable you die?
The cost of buying better cables from elsewhere is directly limited to the negative aspects of the connector with Apple's DRM.
I have several Apple devices over many years, currently running are two iPods, an iPhone 4S, an iPad 3 and a MacBook Pro (Retina). All except the Macbook are of the older sort and use the 30 pin connector. I have found for me and my style of usage that I went and bought a batch of 5 cheap eBay cables costing $5 including shipping and just throw them away when they fail. I think over the past 10 years I've done this twice.
I tend not to worry about failing cables too much as there is always a spare handy. Life is too short to waste on unnecessary problems.
I tend not to worry about failing cables too much as there is always a spare handy. Life is too short to waste on unnecessary problems.
You have absolutely no clue what DRM is, and on top of that, Monoprice cables are much cheaper.
All new generation USBs will be backward compatible (with or without mechanical adapters) but electronics performance (e.g. Transmission speed) will be limited by the performance of the older generation's!!!
All my Apple cables are fine still.
Still have one from my original iPod (Click Wheel) 20Gb,
that I use for my iPad 1st gen.
I never open the new cable with my new apple devices,
cause the previous one still works perfectly.
Never had any issue with wrecking my cables.
It does not make any difference how many proofs you show, how many class action suits you loose, Apple fans do not agree that something is a problem unless they have actually faced it themselves. If it did not happen to them it did not happen at all. I still have guys who argue that iPhone 4s has no problems at all even though Apple lost a class action suit..Funny guys..
The biggest problem faced by all apple fans is the inability of the Internet to spell "lose."
Also, apple did not lose any class action lawsuit about the 4s.
Also, apple did not lose any class action lawsuit about the 4s.
No they didn't.
The class-action lawsuit was about frayed MagSafe cords and Apple settled it.
Reversible USB "A" like this I've seen later, not USB3 coz usb 3 has extra data lines on the other side, thus this it's just an improved USB2-lighting cable.
I will NEVER understand how people's cords end up becoming torn and frayed. I had the same 30-pin cable at my desk for YEARS and it was still in new condition when I replaced it with my lightning cable last year, which also shows no signs of damage.
Maybe don't treat your stuff like s*** and it will stay in good condition?
Maybe don't treat your stuff like s*** and it will stay in good condition?
Someone took a photo of something? Right, that's confirmed it then - conclusive proof.
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If orange was the new black, darkness (which is generally blackness) would be orange, and since you'd need to have a light source to KNOW it was orange, you wouldn't be struggling...
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Women tend not to understand the laws of physics, as is evidenced by the usual attempts to fit 200 dresses and 50 pairs of shoes inside a wardrobe the size of a phone box, so I'd not expect them to understand abrasion, tensile strengths and torsional limits, without a *little* explanation.
</sarcasm>
Women's lib folks: I was having a giggle.
Everyone else: See above.
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Reversible USB connector.....yes please!
No more struggling in the dark at 2 AM after streaming a whole season of Orange is the new Black.
If orange was the new black, darkness (which is generally blackness) would be orange, and since you'd need to have a light source to KNOW it was orange, you wouldn't be struggling...
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Women tend not to understand the laws of physics, as is evidenced by the usual attempts to fit 200 dresses and 50 pairs of shoes inside a wardrobe the size of a phone box, so I'd not expect them to understand abrasion, tensile strengths and torsional limits, without a *little* explanation.
</sarcasm>
Women's lib folks: I was having a giggle.
Everyone else: See above.
As others have pointed out, reversible USB plugs have been around for a while. Apple is going to convince everyone they invented it like they always do.
www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-Universal-Reversible-UR050-003-RA/dp/B00ESZIIRU/
www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-Universal-Reversible-UR050-003-RA/dp/B00ESZIIRU/
Your link proves that such a product already exists and nothing else, and I don't see any mention of Apple stating they invented it, nor do I see any mention on the Amazon page of anything to do with who/when/what etc.
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There's always one, isn't there. Please refer to </sarcasm>, then make a cup of tea and enjoy the calm.