A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

Apple's new Thunderbolt 4 USB-C cable costs a staggering $130, more than ten times the price of a generic USB-C cable. But what's the difference between Thunderbolt and USB-C? Adam is joined by electrical engineer Zach Radding to examine Lumafield's CT scans of Apple's cable as well as three non-Thunderbolt USB-C cables to understand the engineering and components that make up these cables. This video is part of a sponsored series with Lumafield. Learn more about these scans at: https://www.lumafield.com/article/usb-c-cable-charger-head-to-head-comparison-apple-thunderbolt-amazon-basics Apple Thunderbolt 4 cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/fedc9b09-b696-4a7f-8270-95762abd1d1d Amazon Basics USB-C cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/a0fd9731-994a-403f-9710-a03aa2f31cc1 $5.50 USB-C cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/f6ec539a-2775-44d1-a9e3-54a118093b69 $3.90 USB-C cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/3c087b61-34e3-4836-9d2d-38b1f14b9bf3 How industrial CT scanning is used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eesZBRW4u0 Thanks to Zach Radding for joining us in this episode! http://buildcoolstuff.com/ Shot and edited by Joey Fameli Additional media courtesy Lumafield Music by Jinglepunks Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testedcom Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA/join Tested and Adam Savage Ts, stickers, (de) merit badges and more: https://tested-store.com About Tested: https://www.tested.com/about TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@testedcom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/testedcom/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/testedcom Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/testedcom Discord: https://www.discord.gg/tested Amazon Storefront: http://www.amazon.com/shop/adamsavagestested Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching! #adamsavage #apple #usb