[GeekyBear]

The battery pack does charge though a USB-C port.

However, given that this is a device you use while standing and walking about, it would be dangerous to have it suddenly turn into a high tech blindfold just because you snagged the cable on something.

[bredren]

The locking connector on the battery pack cable is really nice.

It not only holds the cord safely, it rotates into an orientation guiding it the right direction for the cord.

It would be better to have no cord, but the design is worth a close look.

[Y-bar]

There are lockable USB C connectors designed to prevent that from happening:

https://www.neutrik.com/en/product/nmc-c-hr

[GeekyBear]

I doubt that using a different proprietary locking connector fixes the "why didn't they use standard USB-C" complaint.

[voussoir]

That one does look like a proprietary design, but USB IF has a locking connector standard too! Makes it look like VGA.

https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/documents/usb_type-c...

[wtallis]

I love how they actually defined two mutually incompatible locking connectors in one document.

[sgerenser]

Looking at that elegant design, I can’t imagine why Apple didn’t use that. /s

[solardev]

Lol! I can't tell if that design is a parody. That's seriously the best they came up with?

[numpad0]

USB always had it, this isn't just what they came up with for USB-C. Panasonic Toughbooks have that single screw versions and matching gasket countersinking for USBs.

[sgift]

Apple would be free to work on "more elegant" common standards instead of trying to force people into their ecosystem by using proprietary garbage, which then has to be forbidden by the EU yet again.

[wtallis]

It's hard to tell given the lack of appropriate pictures, but it seems like that "solution" is basically recessing the USB-C port so deeply that only their cable can reach it.