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Originally Posted by frostschutz
There are cables that have magnetic connectors, so if you put stress on the cable, the cable simply falls of while the plug itself just stays inside the port. But they tend to have connection or other quality issues. Also it might not be a good fit with most readers...
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Originally Posted by ReaLx3m
There have been reports of those magnetic cables burning out the charge controllers on devices. As far as i recall it was due to the connector being double sided so you can connect the cable in either orientation, and them not being correctly soldered internally. This shouldnt be a problem with a brand name more expensive magnetic cable i guess, but all ive come upon so far are cheap chinese brands. So i wouldnt use one myself and advise against it, at least untill a reputable manufacturer comes up with one.
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The only magnetic connectors I have come across that were reliable were on Mac laptops (MagSafe) and Microsoft's Surface devices. the one USB 2 magnetic cable I tried was a bowlful of rye flakes and the USB C magnetic cable wouldn't connect on the three devices I tried it on though one Dell tablet did think it was a charging cable -- quite possibly, this lack of reliability is the reason that Apple's devices with USB C charging do not have magnetic connectors. And yes, both cables were Chinese made but cheap they weren't.