• Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I worked cellular retail for 8 years I’ve never really seen fried pins on iPhones. The frayed cables are pretty much inevitable especially if it is apples first party cables. Shockingly I have had contamination in usbc ports though. It caused several devices of mine to no longer charge due to corrosion. Still not sure what exactly caused it but I suppose it was juice from a vape that leaked into the connector. Basically fried my laptop c ports, my iPads port and my pixel’s port. I still think the move to c was pretty necessary.

      Only complaint is cables that have contaminants can easily travel between devices now.

      Other than that the protocol support is all over the place.

      • cujo@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Everyone I know who uses an iPhone has had fried pins on the cable, not necessarily on their device. No one I know personally has had any issues with USB-C.

        Though both experiences are anecdotal, I think we can take this away from our conversation at least: no cable design is perfect. Lol!