The Cables That Feed Our Power-Hungry Phones
A between keystrokes story
“Does anyone have a Samsung cable?”
I heard this question in the morning at the office.
Most of the time, I’m prepared with any type of cable that I might need during a normal working day.
There’s the Micro-USB, which used to be the star of the show.
Then the Lightning cable, which spells Apple and the mighty USB-C that is settling in as the new kid on the block threatening to make the first two snap of envy.
The future of the latter is bright, Apple slowly adopting it with its products and other gadget manufacturers being taxed by costumers when they still decide to (still) use the Micro-USB connector.
“Will this help?”
I asked, handing over a USB-C cable.
A short moment of silence followed, in which the cable was visually analyzed and matched against the phone.
“No, this might be the new one…”
“Then it’s this one!”
I said with confidence, knowing that this was a binary decision.
