The comment on Reddit said 'I tested my iPad Pro and MacBook ports and none feel like this', so the issue is not with USB-C but with this specific unit. Your post is misleading at best.
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iPhone 15/Plus iPhone USB-C loose - saw this coming
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Another one of those „my experience has been bad so I declare it’s the same for everyone else“ posts.
According to anybody who's ever used USB-C and Lightning connectors and evaluated their robustness over time. I've experienced many loose USB-C connectors in Macs. Some click into place, some don't; some wiggle, some don't. Each time you plug in Lightning, there is a robust and tangible click and reliable connection. I've only experienced a loose Lightning connection once or twice since it's introduction on my iPhone 5 in September 2012.
Have you proved your opinion? I notice you haven't. Because you can't.
Keep tilting at those windmills. Better stockpile lightning devices while you’re at it.
I used both ports for years and I honestly don't see a noticeable difference in robustness. I also noticed that dust accumulates easily in the Ligthning port compared to USB-C.
That's abnormal but very lucky for you! I've had 5 MacBook/Pros over the years and they're all different. Some are tight and then loosen over time; some are loose from the very beginning. Too bad the USB Forum couldn't have created a USB-C standard with the confident and robust connection of Lightning.
Really? Interesting. Do you get a solid click with all your USB-C ports and on what devices are you using them?
I dont have a iphone 15 so i can't tell if the USB-C connector is good or bad.
The one thing i can tell is that my USB-C on my 3 1/3 year iPad Pro 11 2020 is in mint condition🙂
Charging it almost every day, and use it alot with headphones and a usbc to 3,5mm adapter several times a day.
And i dont baby it. I plug it in.
So i don't know how it can be so bad.
I meen a USB-C on a iPhone should be the same quality as a USB-C on a iPad, if its the same manufacturer.
Perhaps Apple has lower the quality on the new connector.
In that case, that would bite Apple in the a××🙂
The one thing i can tell is that my USB-C on my 3 1/3 year iPad Pro 11 2020 is in mint condition🙂
Charging it almost every day, and use it alot with headphones and a usbc to 3,5mm adapter several times a day.
And i dont baby it. I plug it in.
So i don't know how it can be so bad.
I meen a USB-C on a iPhone should be the same quality as a USB-C on a iPad, if its the same manufacturer.
Perhaps Apple has lower the quality on the new connector.
In that case, that would bite Apple in the a××🙂
That’s basically all of MacRumors. That and “omg I have so much anxiety over charging and battery life my life is suffering”
From my experience with Apple products yes, but YMMV. Very possible that in average the USB-C build quality is less consistent than Lightning
Oh yes, because one isolated case is a global iPhone disaster...
Yes, with over 5 Macbooks and MBPs over the years and many disconnecting harddrives, I've found the build quality of USB-C wildly inconsistent. Of course, the speed and increased compatibility are fantastic; it's just too bad the physical build quality is inferior.
This thread is claiming USB-C being inferior, and it is that which must be proven.
No, not according to anybody, only according to you. Please acknowledge the difference.
This cant possibly be right, because apple is always right and we should never question corporations….praise the overlords!
iPhone 14 Pro/Max lightning port also loose or defective. Wide spread issue. Some threads on here about this too.
While charging, the power would disconnect and reconnect, most often if you pick up the phone to use it, but sometimes even if left on the table untouched.
I have switched to MagSafe full time because of this.
Subpar quality has been the new normal for Apple. I'm not even surprised or angry anymore.
Broken. That's iPhone. 🤷♂️
USB-C’s physical engineering robustness is inferior. We’re not in a court of law— we’re in a forum. You can’t prove it’s not inferior either. I’ve at least given my anecdotal evidence of experience with 5 MacBooks over the years. How many USB-C vs. Lightning devices have you had experience with?
According to anybody who has noticed the lack of physical robustness to the USB-C connection. (Those who don’t notice it have either have either had insanely good luck with ports that never get loose or aren’t paying attention.)
You are entitled to your opinion, and to base it on your own experience, but it's another matter to assume that it's therefore universally so. I don't trust, as you can see, anecdotal evidence, so why should I give my own? I don't believe it says anything in general.
You know nothing of the sort, but let's leave it at that, we're getting nowhere.
And you are entitled to yours. While personal experience with a number of devices is a small sample size, it is still a sample. And since you refuse to list yours, one might assume you don’t have much substantive experience with it.
It’s patently obvious that USB-C clicks into place less consistently. But if your experience is different, please elaborate so that those reading can evaluate and make up their own minds. Otherwise we will certainly get nowhere.
Or the fact that the iPhone use a daily utility that will see way more wear and tear on the port…