• Amju Wolf
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    1 year ago

    I think your definition of decent charger&cable is just different from me then I guess.

    I expect to get a charger that has the fast charging for the phone (not necessarily the top spec, but high enough) and a usable cable, let’s say a 0.5 to 1 meter, that can also do basic data transfer.

    If I wanted a charger with 4 ports I’d buy it. If I wanted a braided cable I’d buy it. I don’t want either - but I want a charger that I know works fast enough with my phone, and it becomes my travel charger. Everything else I can manage.

    This will be less of a problem as power delivery becomes the norm, but most people probably don’t have a decent PD charger several times over at home. Worst case you’ll have an extra charger where an old one dies, which seems to be common especially with some peoples’ cables.

    Or, you know, alternatively do actually discount the phone by $60 or however much they act like it costs (it’s obviously way less than that, but chargers are still a significant expense largely because they need to have many different SKUs for different regions so the logistics are more complicated).

    • WhoRoger@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If I wanted a charger with 4 ports I’d buy it. If I wanted a braided cable I’d buy it.

      You really should try it. People don’t know what they’re missing until they use it.

      I have the same experience with lots of pack-in products. One that comes to mind are camera (DSLR) neck straps. They’re absolutely dreadful, and shiny advertisements to boot. At some point I tested a bunch of 3rd party ones and found how much better they are. Yet people kept acting like I’m the weird one for paying 20-50 $€£ for something that improves the experience so much.

      Same thing here. If for nothing else, not including those crappy accessories just makes people think about the alternatives.

      There’s a reason why accessory brands even exist. OEMs actually rarely know how to do accessories well.

      let’s say a 0.5 to 1 meter

      So FYI standard length is 1 metre, which tends to be a surprise to people when I tell them… 0.5m is super short for anything but a PC connection or powerbank. Again I suggest you try a good, soft, braided 2m cable if you charge using a power brick.

      that can also do basic data transfer

      What’s “basic”? You know, with most phones you only get a USB2 cable (if it does data transfer at all), again showing how useful they are.

      People rarely do data transfer via cable these days, and a really good USB3 cable doesn’t cost 5 cents, so again to me it makes sense to just get one to your liking.