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windowsrookieyesterday at 3:07 PM1 replyview on HN

The reason it is thick is because it supports 65W charging. Apple did the same with the USB-C cables that shipped with the pre-MagSafe MacBooks. It was a thicker cable that supported 100w charging but was only USB 2.0.


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dijityesterday at 3:09 PM

Can you help me understand why that would be a reason to compromise the comfort of the cable that is supplied for a device which charges at 5w?

Or, why Apple manages the same in half the footprint?

Or, why someone would expect that a cable that came with a pair of headphones actually charges things at over 65w?

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