A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

[RoomService]

Great info from this video.

Apple's new Thunderbolt 4 USB-C cable costs a staggering $130, more than ten times the price of a generic USB-C cable. But what's the difference between Thunderbolt and USB-C? Adam is joined by electrical engineer Zach Radding to examine Lumafield's CT scans of Apple's cable as well as three non-Thunderbolt USB-C cables to understand the engineering and components that make up these cables.

 

[doe moe]

Only way to justify using a $130 USB C cable is high speed data transfer.

Moving 20GB per second is dope for any USB cable.

 

[totto]

Just ordered the S24 ultra for 880 with taxes on Samsung with edu account

Can't wait hope this wil kill the gadget talk for at least 4 years, get me outta that YouTube cac space and talk to the BGOL once a year like men about phones, all I want to do.

Kill old bad habits

 

[easy_b]

No

 

[RoomService]

Only way to justify using a $130 USB C cable is high speed data transfer.

Moving 20GB per second is dope for any USB cable.

The build quality really stood out to me when they examined the components of the Apple cable under the microscope compared to others. There's no doubt about the price difference, but $130 might not be justifiable—perhaps $60 would be more reasonable.

 

[DragonXJC]

It will only get cheaper with time.

 

[Da Backshot Champ]

You "minus whale" get those buttplug lickers for all the bread you can. A fool and his money........

 

[skypeking]

China will drop a cheap knockoff.