To add to other responses, USB-C can carry quite a few other kinds of data all at the same time. With a single USB-C you can pass through your all your power, data transfer from storage, networking, audio and display output all via all a single connector.
Modularity. I can charge/power every USB-C device I own with 1 charger. Add a trigger and I can power all devices.
It's not really out in the wild yet, but batteries using the USB-C PD protocol can also be used in a wider variety of devices. See the STUB battery developed by the Army Research Lab.
The pin-out design to make USB-C work is really pretty genius.
There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to blindly find the “right way” to plug in USB-A.
Lightning only allows for USB-2 speeds (480Mbps)
Maximum power is around 20W.
USB-C can, depending on the protocol used, transfer up to 40Gbps. It can also handle power up to 240W.
So 85 times faster transfer speeds and 12 times the power.
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It's not really out in the wild yet, but batteries using the USB-C PD protocol can also be used in a wider variety of devices. See the STUB battery developed by the Army Research Lab.
There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to blindly find the “right way” to plug in USB-A.
Maximum power is around 20W.
USB-C can, depending on the protocol used, transfer up to 40Gbps. It can also handle power up to 240W.
So 85 times faster transfer speeds and 12 times the power.