Apple has received a lot of criticism from fans, haters and everyone else for the price of its cables. But in some cases, you have no choice but to get Apple’s offer, as with its latest cable, a 3-meter (10-foot) Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable. Selling for $ 159 (£ 159) – yes, I heard you exclaim, “SELLING FOR WHAT ?!” all the way to my office in San Francisco – but this is the only cable of its kind.
Pro Cable supports data transfer Thunderbolt 3 and 4 and USB 4 with speeds up to 40Gbps and USB 2.1 Gen 2 speeds of 10Gbps. It also has a DisplayPort video output (HBR3) and charges up to 100W. This is a braided cable that should support its durability and prevent it from getting caught in a tangled mess.
If you sit there and read all this and think, “WTF? Why the hell do I need it? “Then you probably don’t need it. You can use this cable to connect to Studio Display (which includes a 1-meter (3-foot) Thunderbolt 3 cable) or Pro Display XDR (which includes a two-meter Thunderbolt 3 cable) ), but the type of user who will need this cable is probably in production setup and needs to connect to an external device that is not nearby, such as shared storage.
Apple’s three-meter cable joins the company’s 1.8-meter (6-foot) cable ($ 129) and two-meter cables that you can find at other retailers such as OWC ($ 57), CalDigit ($ 75) and C2G $ 129)). As you can see, prices vary considerably, as do quality and features. Cable Matters has a 10-meter Thunderbolt 3 cable for $ 320 on Amazon if you really need the length and are ready to give up some of the benefits of the Thunderbolt 4. But if you want speed and length, Apple is turning the market.
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