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Gotta say that although I wholly support standardisation, my first experience of having a USB-C iPhone for the past year has not been that great; I hate to say it but Lightning was better UX, for 2 main reasons:
1. The USB-C port is more of a pain to clean pocket lint out of, because of the little “toungue” in the middle
2. It just doesn’t stay in very well, any little nudge can dislodge the cable enough to stop it charging
Summary: in principle better, in practice worse
I’m considering getting a bedside wireless charger just to avoid the issue of finding I nudged the phone and it didn’t charge overnight, and getting a different case with a port cover. Or maybe someone does separate little port covers like you get in the back of GPUs?
@sinbad I wonder if Apple are using different USB-C connectors to other phones. I've had 3 Pixel phones in a row and all of them the USB-C cable clicks in positively and doesn't ever fall out.
@KeefJudge maybe - it’s also possible I haven’t been able to clean the port well enough for it to click in properly, which is problem 1. The jeans pocket I keep the phone never has anything else in it and yet it always gets full of lint
@sinbad @KeefJudge Never had that problem in ~5 years of various USB-C phones - and I keep my phone in jeans pockets all the time?
Also, I'd echo Keef's comments - the USB-C cable should click into place, takes a concious effort to dislodge it. I've had some phone cases which don't allow enough clearance for the cable, but that's a different problem (and nothing that a few minutes with a craft knife haven't been able to sort out)
@ahchay @sinbad @KeefJudge I concur. All of the USB-C cables I used (for Raspberry Pi's charger, for the XBOX Series X|S controller, my Redmi Note 11), never had issues, nor are they easy to dislodge/pull from the port.
Wouldn't surprise me if Apple is making low-quality USB-C cables as some form of malicious compliance towards the EU. "See, we gave the customers USB-C, like you said! But you didn't say anything about quality!"
@alextecplayz @ahchay @KeefJudge ok the problem was lint. There was a tiny bit left right in the corner that was stopping it clicking in properly. The port itself is just a poor design for out and about use IMO, too hard to clean