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by tinus_hn 1133 days ago
Apple doesn’t use ‘Apple connectors’ on the phone chargers, they are universal USB adapters.
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Really? So you mean I can take my Apple lightning cable, plug one end into a charger and the other end into my Android phone? Or my laptop? Or my TV box?

Because no, you can't. And that's the whole problem.

You mentioned the transformers, those brick ends. You can absolutely use those on any usb c device since the cable is not fixed to them.
> So you mean I can take my Apple lightning cable

GP specifically said the chargers had standard USB ports - and they do. Either A (old) or C (new). You're talking about the cable which is a completely different thing (obvs.)

Sorry, do I really have to explain the difference between an adapter and a cable? I think that is the problem.