• @[email protected]
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    181 year ago

    Have you never heard of adapters?

    And, in the end, we a have to decide on one standard. There used to be tons of different cables, and that wasn’t exactly a better situation. Better to just bite the bullet and say this is the standard moving forward.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      I’ll bet my left nut that you don’t have a male USB-A to female USB-C adapter that can support fast charging. So you’ll still end up ordering one from Amazon - a local store is unlikely to carry one.

      USB-A to USB-C is the current standard. I am convinced they include a USB-C to USB-C cable because most people don’t have those chargers, so they’ll be more likely to order one with their phone.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen
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        USB-A doesn’t carry enough voltage to support USB-C fast charging rates. So even if you have an adapter (I have a few), you’re not getting the best performance from your devices.

          • SokathHisEyesOpen
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            11 year ago

            1.25a is not fast charging, at least not the new standard. You need at least 3a, and 5 is ideal. You also need a matching cable capable of carrying those loads. USB-A caps out at 1.5a.

  • @pixxelkick
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    171 year ago

    Literally all my devices charge with USB c now, no idea what your issue is.

    Nintendo switch. My phone. My headphones. My headlamp. My flashlight. My ear buds pod. My VR headset…

    I have no lack of usb c charging capability.

  • @magnusrufus
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    131 year ago

    Right, it’s the environmental concerns and not the company seeing if they can get away with cutting the cost of providing the charge block.

  • @[email protected]
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    91 year ago

    Ironically, delivery has a much lower carbon footprint than going somewhere and buying it at the store

    • @Koppensneller
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      121 year ago

      Not if you live in a place where walking to a store would not be life-threatening.

      • Echo Dot
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        Not necessarily maybe you live a long way from the store. If I wanted to get a USB-C adaptor I’d probably have to go to the other end of the street, but that’s because I live in the town centre.

        From where I used to live that would be a 10 mile walk, which while totally doable is a bit far in my opinion, especially if I have literally anything else I want to do with my weekend.

  • Echo Dot
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    91 year ago

    Who in 2023 doesn’t have a USB-C to outlet charging adaptor?

    How the hell are they charging all their other devices that definitely have USB-C ports on them?

    Weird thing to complain about.

    • @Astroturfed
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      21 year ago

      I have a dozen regular USB blocks from the before fore times. But I only have one C block from my first pixel phone. Now they all come with C to C which are borderline useless to I had to buy a bunch of A to C cables to use the old blocks.

    • I didn’t have one until I had to get a new phone last year that came with one. If it just came with a USB-C to USB-C cable and no brick, I wouldn’t have had a single thing to charge the phone with. I have no USB-C port on my PC. I didn’t have my PS5 yet. And I didn’t even have any other USB-C using devices. Tons of devices still just have Micro-USB ports. Especially if they are cheap.

      IDK about you, but I’m not getting or updating all my shit every few months. I still only have this phone, that one brick and now a PS5 and its controllers that use USB-C.

    • mommykink
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      11 year ago

      You’re describing a USB-C -USB-A cable. OOP describes a USB-C - USB-C cable. I didn’t have an outlet brick with a USB-C until I bought my current phone (S23 U) which only came with a cable like the one in the post

  • voxel
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    61 year ago

    most Samsung phones can charge at >20w only with a c-to-c cable

  • @[email protected]
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    -101 year ago

    How about when you buy your phone you also buy a charger if you dont have one. There simple problem simple solution.

    • Kata1yst
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      61 year ago

      Well, this is reasonable IF the price of the phone reflects the ~$20 discount of no hardware. Bet you $20 it doesn’t lol.

        • Captain Aggravated
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          51 year ago

          OR. The cell phone vendor gets a big box of chargers along with a consignment of phones. “Do you need a charger?” “Yes.” “Here you go.” “No I already have one.” “Okay, have a nice day sir.”

        • SokathHisEyesOpen
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          Yes, if you also have to purchase a charger, which comes with its own packaging, especially if you order that charger for delivery, separate from the phone. But companies like to lie and say they’re excluding required peripherals for environmental reasons, when really it’s just another profit line on their balance sheet.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            If you buy a phone and the charger at the same time there is no extra packaging. The box that a charger comes in is such a tiny amount of “waste” it’s negligible.

            If you buy a phone the realise you don’t have a charger and order a charger for delivery then that’s on you.