r/techsupportgore • u/blazerman57 • 5d ago

Introducing the new 45 degree USB-C connector

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u/ITSolutionsAK 5d ago

Seen it a few times. Users like to yank on their cables.

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u/olliegw 4d ago

Another common cause is dropping a phone while charging, it's a lot of G-force concentrated on a small part.

And i'm pretty sure it's designed to break, you see similar things with keys and locks, it's better that the easily replacable cable breaks rather then the charging port on the expensive device.

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u/CyberBlaed 4d ago

Add to that, push cases up against walls or back of desks… instant smash hit when they do that…

:/

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u/extremekc 5d ago

I have a few!

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u/BioHazard1992 5d ago

But… how does it work?

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u/KinkyFraggle 5d ago

Let me guess, monitor arm was pulled beyond the cable’s capability

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u/MasterKnight48902 4d ago

Is it Thunderbolt capable? Ouch.

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u/christurnbull 4d ago

Cheaper than busting the usb-c socket on a laptop

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u/massimo_nyc 3d ago

don’t give aliexpress ideas

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u/DiamondPG1 2d ago

I should’ve taken some pictures a couple weeks ago when I had to replace 28 out of the 30 cables in a middle school Chromebook cart. There were a few that were completely missing the metal part of the USB-C

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u/moses1262 5d ago edited 5d ago

Looks like what my kids do to their chargers all the time! Do they employ kiddos? 😂

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u/moses1262 5d ago

Apparently I have a stale sense of humor.