Hi folks, today we have 3 x 1m Micro USB Cables with solid Copper Cores available for $4.50 including shipping.
These are normally priced at $1.75 each.
So, I hear a thousand OzBargain voices screaming that there was a deal on here a few days ago for $2.19 plus shipping for three cables. Why is mine more and why is it a good deal? Well, read on Ozbargainers! It's boring but could explain some things :-)
Something that I have found out, through painful trial and error, is that not all cables are made the same. Everyone knows this, it's not much of a revelation but what I have found out is this. Most of the cheap cables you see floating around (my own ones from earlier this year included much to my shame) are made from Copper Jacketed Steel cores. The reason this is such a big deal is that steel doesn't conduct electricity nearly as well as copper (it's why most cables tend to be made from copper, it's the lower end that typically aren't).
Functionally, it amounts to this, if electricity isn't conducted as well, it means a slower charge speed and slower data transfer rate. After doing some testing of the old cables I found that charge rates could be as low as 300ma, which means for your typical Galaxy S2 battery (of 2150mah) it's going to take 7ish hours to charge and for a Galaxy S3 (at 2650mah) it's going to take almost 9. Roughly.
As soon as I found this out I cancelled any orders of the previous type and went searching for an economical cable that was better.
Enter these beauties, after testing them with a couple of battery monitor/charge rate apps on my Galaxy S3 I can report that they charge at a minimum of 800ma current. It's a big difference and I've tried to keep the price down as far as I can.
If you have any questions about this kind of thing, let me know and I will answer to the best of my ability, or go do some research and then answer :-)
for me all of them the same, better to buy the $1 each :)