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Snotnose [soylentnews.org] writes:

Please ignore my earlier (10 minutes ago) submission, I found a better link. Umm, I also forgot the link to the story......

Apple’s new iPhone 15 marks a disruptive departure from previous models. The 11-year reign of the Lightning cable is over, and the USB-C era has begun — leaving us wondering what sets one charger apart from another.

Does Apple’s Thunderbolt 4 cable really warrant its $129 price tag? Or does a $5 cable get the job done just as well? We’ve used our Neptune industrial X-ray CT scanner to uncover the hidden engineering differences between them.

This article [lumafield.com] explains some of the confusion around USB-C.

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