Beats - USB cable - USB (M) to 24 pin USB-C (M) - USB 2.0 - 1.5 m - braided cable, USB Fast Charge (15W), reinforced design - bolt black

Product Overview

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If you’re paying £19+ ex-VAT for a cable, you should be getting something a lot more “special” than most. This one is basically an Apple-branded, braided USB‑C to USB‑A lead with reinforced ends and a 1.5m length. The fast‑charge claim is nice, but in practice the charging speed will be dictated by your charger and the device you’re plugging in—so don’t buy it expecting miracles if the rest of your setup can’t push it.

Who it’s for: businesses that just want a durable, tidier cable for daily desk use—staff moving between docking stations, shared chargers, or a few standard wall bricks—where the main risk is wear at the connectors. If you’re sick of “cheap cable” failures and you’d rather standardise on something that looks and feels more robust, it’s a reasonable buy. Who shouldn’t: anyone trying to minimise cost or standardise at scale—£19 for a USB 2.0 cable is hard to justify when plenty of third‑party braided cables offer similar day-to-day reliability. Also, if you need genuine higher-speed data transfer (rather than charging), this is the wrong category to bet on.