Data channel: yes / no
PD support: yes / no
USB version: 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
Amperage: 3 amp, 5 amp, 6+ amp
48+ possible varieties of "standard" USB-C cable and no practical way to determine what you have without plugging it in.
What a great "standard"!
"no" is violating the standard.
> PD support: yes / no
"no" is violating the standard.
> USB version: 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
Yes, there are a handful of speeds.
But I don't see a good way of avoiding that problem while having backwards compatibility.
> Amperage: 3 amp, 5 amp, 6+ amp
6+ amp does not exist. There are two 5 amp specs, but the new one obsoletes the old one.
Does this happen when you plug them into chargers and when you plug them into hubs?
Can you remind me how 120watts is achieved? is it 24v x 5 amps? I forget.
Most cables that ship with devices are not standard. There's no way to know it -- and that's the USB-IF's job!
USB-C is a terrible consumer experience.
It doesn't matter to the consumer. You either have a 240 watt cable or you don't. But yes that's how it does it.
> Most cables that ship with devices are not standard.
What? That's not true at all.