iPhone 15/Plus iPhone USB-C loose - saw this coming

[Jackbequickly]

I just plug my USB-C cable in and set it down. It has not “rattled or wiggled” that I can detect. Even when I pick it up and use it, I do not hear it rattle.

You are right about more important things to worry about.

 

[RichP74]

Anyone defending the Lightning connector is an insane fanboy person and you won't change my mind. On a Lightning cable the metal pins are exposed to the elements and prone to dirt and execessive wear. USB-C is completely internal and protected. The End.

 

[Dust-by-Monday]

Anyone defending the Lightning connector is an insane fanboy person and you won't change my mind. On a Lightning cable the metal pins are exposed to the elements and prone to dirt and execessive wear. USB-C is completely internal and protected. The End.

Maybe I’m just weird but I’ve been using lightning since its inception and I have yet to have one fail on me. User error maybe?

 

[seggy]

Anyone defending the Lightning connector is an insane fanboy person and you won't change my mind. On a Lightning cable the metal pins are exposed to the elements and prone to dirt and execessive wear. USB-C is completely internal and protected. The End.

Its not quite The End since that's only one element, and excessive uneven wear on Lightning isn't due to exposed connectors but the engineering of the connector itself.

It's true that C is ultimately a better engineered connector than Lightning, intended for actually mass usage. The looser apparent tolerances to the user in terms of wiggle are also part of that engineering. I think the fact that there is a stated MTBF for C and none for Lightning leads many (the sort of people that the overwhelming majority of Apple users tend to be, i.e. ultimately ignorant in the field yet very certain of their "intuitive" opinions due to their focus on how something looks and feels) to make the wrong assumption that C is more delicate, when the real problem is often really QA at the random Chinese purveyor of crap that you'll turn to for anything generic.

It's also true that Lightning is a more Tech Karen-friendly connector. That's actually it's entire genesis over and above Micro USB. It *feels* more solid and it pioneered reversible connectors at the phone scale, regardless of how ultimately kinda 💩 the engineering for it is. And that ties back into the Apple user comment above.

The fact that the majority of said crap that's churned out with barely any QA is actually capable of working 20 times faster than Lightning and usually has better strain relief is the more astounding bit, IMO.

 

[Wizec]

This is one of the oddest threads I’ve seen in a while. I have dozens of USB-C devices in my home, including a Nintendo Switch and 5 Switch Pro controllers. The minority of my USB-C devices are 8 Apple phones and tablets. One is an expensive rechargeable light saber.

Not one device has a loose connection. And if it did, it would be a manufacturing defect. My iPhone 15 Pro USB-C connection is the tightest of them all. When I got it I was surprised that I had to be more careful with alignment and press harder than any other USB-C device I have.

I’ve acquired the non USB-C devices over the span of about 6yr. Not one problem with a device or a cable and I’ve bought cables from several different manufacturers.

If you have a device, any device, that the USB-C cable is falling out of without being pulled, I would suggest getting it replaced/repaired.

 

[toobravetosave]

did the eu force apple to already use lightning connectors on every other device?

 

[gustavopi]

Here in Brazil the migration is always slow, so we still have a lot of lightning and traditional big USB. In my opinion, lightning should have never existed, didn't add much to old micro USB and I had troubles with lightning, even with the original cable. RIP.

 

[cousintim]

Maybe I’m just weird but I’ve been using lightning since its inception and I have yet to have one fail on me.

Consider yourself very lucky. Buy a lottery ticket.

 

[Surfsalot]

User abuse, never had a lightening fail on me either.