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Frank777
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Join Date: May 2004
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2018-07-23, 13:22

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Originally Posted by chucker View Post
So you will definitely need three different cables, and unfortunately with the Watch, you will also need a separate charger (or an adapter from USB-A to C).
Yeah. I understand that port transitions are commonplace, and we still working toward USB-C for everything (if Apple ever decides to give up Lightning.)

It just seems odd to me that a third party hasn't seized on this opportunity. There are third-party combo chargers for the iPhone and Watch (like Belkin's docks) and Apple is working on a charging mat as well. Maybe the complexity and reliability of a laptop charger is the sticking point. But I would have thought a laptop charging brick with a pullout cable to iPhone/iPad and an integrated induction charger on top for the Watch would have been something a third party could pull off. So far, I guess the PlugBug comes closest, although you still have to travel with the two extra USB cables.
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