Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label USB cable

Got $200? Blow it all on a USB cable

I know I shouldn't be so surprised. That's a drop in the bucket compared with the $20,000 price tag for  Vertu 's  Year of the Dragon phone . Even the  Vertu  wall charger costs $85. For $190, the  Vertu USB cable  should be capable of transferring data at warp speeds, giving excellent stock tips, and washing your dog. Alas, it's just a USB 2.0 cable and doesn't appear to have any superpowers. There must be some explanation for the price. Maybe the Vertu USB cable was raised in a humane manufacturing plant where it was massaged and fed caviar. Maybe it was harvested from the feces of the Asian Palm Civet and then lightly roasted to provide data transfer with a smooth flavor profile. We've seen plenty of insanely expensive tech items recently. The  $8 million iPad  and a  $9.4 million iPhone 4S  come to mind. At least those have some crazy bling to help justify the nuttiness. Looking at the Vertu cable, I don't see diamonds. I don't see ...