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This $17 USB-C cable has a tiny screen that demystifies your charging speed
The Ugreen Nexode 240W USB-C cable combines premium build quality with a power meter and touchscreen display, and it costs under $25.
4.0 / 5 Very good Capable of handling up to 240W of power. Power meter is practical, accurate, and fun. Very competitively priced. Somewhat thick and bulky. It’s been a while since I’ve been excited to review a cable. I mean, there’s not much to say really. Most of the time, a cable’s standout feature is that it fails in some way, and that’s hardly going to be review-worthy. But the Ugreen Nexode…
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