#Usb c to lightning free#

The following Apple products come with a braided Lightning-to-USB-C cable: Official Apple devices that come with braided Lightning cables I’m gonna use my M1 iMac’s Lightning cable forever and ever, but if you don’t own the svelte all-in-one desktop to get one, there are other ways to get it. People would buy the crap out of this like they did the official Apple polishing cloth.

I reached out to Apple, but didn’t receive a reply. I can understand why it wouldn’t include a more durable cable with iPhones - so Apple can sell you a new one when yours breaks. So why the hell doesn’t Apple sell this Very Good Lightning cable? I have no idea. Just look at this wonderful, good Lightning cable:Īpple really should braid all of its Lightning cables. This Lightning cable is nice and as high quality as the fabric-covered cable you’d find on the HomePod and HomePod mini, the magnetic power cable that connects to the M1 iMac itself and the MagSafe USB-C cable on the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, and the Thunderbolt cable that comes with the Studio Display. I have bent and curled and figured-eighted this special Lightning cable daily for a year now and it looks as new as it did when I got it last April. The Lightning cable is braided, which means the outside fabric layer protects the inside layer from tearing and fraying as easily. This Lightning cable is easily the best Lightning cable that Apple makes and has ever made.

It surprised me, too, when I unboxed my M1 iMac last year and found a braided, color-matching Lightning-to-USB-C cable for connecting the included Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Keyboard. But did you know that Apple actually makes a better, much higher quality Lightning-to-USB-C cable?

#Usb c to lightning free#

The Lightning cable comes free with new iPhones and Apple sells it separately for $19. The white gets dirty really quickly and the material (TPE) tears with too much bending and coiling and just plain daily abuse. Everyone knows that the Lightning cable that comes with a new iPhone is not very high quality.