Yes, after much destruction of expensive hardware including the Pixel 2 belonging to Google researcher Benson Leung, you can now source the new USB cables much more safely. Benson has been testing these cables for quite a while and has been trying to convince major suppliers such as Amazon to vet the cables they are selling, and to refuse to sell ones which are not up to spec. According to what The Inquirer has heard this quest has finally been completed and Amazon will no longer sell 'any USB-C (or USB Type-C) cable or adapter product that is not compliant with standard specifications issued by USB Implementers Forum Inc'. That would include cables that were being sold by the smartphone company OnePlus, whose cables would work only with their phones.
***OnePlus contacted us to clarify that as of January they've restocked their products with Type-C cables and adapters with 56kΩ resistors, which are fully compliant with the standard.***
It has taken far too long to do this and the killer cables are still out there at retail outlets and other online marketplaces, so exercise caution but Type-C is finally safe enough to think of using for charging and the other new capabilities it posesses.
"Amazon has now stepped in to put a stop to the free-for-all on crappy cables. The retailer's list of prohibited electronics items now includes 'any USB-C (or USB Type-C) cable or adapter product that is not compliant with standard specifications issued by USB Implementers Forum Inc'."
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Benson Leung (Google
Benson Leung (Google Engineer) showed that ~ 30% of USB-C cables fail his standards testing. This has encouraged a lot of other individuals to do testing too and providing similar reviews. There are quite a few websites popping up in response to this such as: usbccompliant.co.uk (UK/EU) & usbccompliant.com (US).The sites have already been listing the “compliant” cables on Amazon – but It is good to see Amazon taking accountability themselves.
” Benson has been testing
” Benson has been testing these cables for quite a while and has been trying to convince major suppliers such as Amazon to vet the cables they are selling to refuse to sell those which are not up to spec. According to what The Inquirer has heard this quest has finally been completed and Amazon will no longer sell ‘any USB-C (or USB Type-C) cable or adapter product that is not compliant with standard specifications issued by USB Implementers Forum Inc’. That would include cables that were being sold by the smartphone OnePlus, whose cables would work only with their phones.” I think you better fix this. It is missing punctuation, or just doesn’t make sense at all.
naw, you just need to have
naw, you just need to have not had enough coffee. then it makes as much sense as everything else this morning