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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

9 times out of 10 it's just compacted dust in the charging port.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

or a bad/cheap charger. Rarely is it the socket itself

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Used to be the socket with micro USB, but USB c is much more resilient. And any damage usually occurs on the cable end and not the socket. So worst case just replace the cable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I did replace the cable, which is why it sucked when it still is only charging from a certain angle. It's the device. Don't see any dust in there...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's honestly a bit of a miracle. The whole male port design looks like it would be asking for trouble compared to a female port like lightning, but the engineering seems to hold up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My wife has an iPhone, I have Android. I've easily bought her twice as many lightning cable replacements over the years, compared to USB C ones.

Micro USB is another story, that port never should've existed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Not talking about the cable, yes you do want a durable cable, but end of the day, your cable goes bad you're out 10-20 dollars tops. On the other hand if something happens to the port you're out potentially a couple hundred dollars getting it repaired. Many people will even just replace the device at that point. The design of the lightning port seems much more robust than USB-C.