It's been almost a year since we told you how the next generation of USB-C cables will almost double the amount of power they can carry to 240W, enough to let you throw away the bricks of the power of owner for all except the fatty laptop. Now, we see the first signs of life: the first USB-C 2.1 cable has solved the cover with custom phone case power up to 240W and up to 40Gbps data. They are from Dutch manufacturers named Club3D who do not sell cables on their website, and they seem to be not available at retailers.
It's not that you want to buy it, of course! There is no gadget that is designed to use 240W USB-C power, nor is there a 240W USB-C charger, so this cable will not offer you anything new to the problem of chickens and eggs is resolved.
But that is not the only warning that smartphone replacement parts you must realize. As we was worried about last September when the USB implementing forum released its USB-C 2.1 branding guidelines, it seems that the manufacturer is still free to mix and match which capabilities you get from the cable.
Club3D not only has a one meter cable with 8K / 60, 40Gbps data, and 240W power, but also has a two meter cable with only half of the data rate. And get this-there is a cable two third meters that only carry 480Mbps data trivial. (Someone who is trapped at USB 2.0 speed for several reasons.)
Fortunately, it looks like this cable will be clearly marked to tell you which ability they really carry the grateful usb-jika for the label! Hopefully the other liquor makers cheap car usb chargers will follow him. And it's good to know that the 240W cable can stretch to at least six and a half feet, although hopefully we will see a longer one too. While 240W may sound like many watts, typical household ac outlets can issue thousands.