Even car data cables have become a hot item. Has Xiaomi's product outlook changed?

The "double-circle top-notch" technology of Xiaomi Motors SU7 has been successfully completed, which means that Xiaomi's technological accumulation in the automotive field has been affirmed. During this period, Xiaomi Auto's SU7 accessories products, such as the "Xiaomi 6A Dual Type-C Braided Data Cable" recently launched by Xiaomi, although it is listed under the name of Xiaomi Auto's SU7 accessories, are actually applicable to a wide range of scenarios.

Lei Technology also bought this data cable as soon as possible and conducted a professional evaluation.

According to Xiaomi’s official parameters, there are two main highlights of the Xiaomi 6A dual Type-C braided data cable. One is the fast charging power of up to 100W. But whether 100W refers to the PD protocol or Xiaomi's own proprietary protocol is not yet known; the second is compatible with the USB 3.1 Gen2 transmission protocol (bandwidth rate 10Gbps), which means that a 1GB file can be transferred in just one second. .

What’s more important is that it sells for only 39 yuan.

(Photo source: Xiaomi JD.com self-operated flagship store)

If these parameters are true, then Xiaolei can say with certainty that Xiaomi’s new data cable is the most worth buying on the market in the near future.

Without further ado, let’s go directly to the actual testing session.

Reverse virtual standard? Xiaomi’s operation is a bit interesting

The most commonly used scenario for data cables is to charge various devices, so our first test scenario is charging.

Before the official start, Xiaolei first introduces the equipment participating in the test: Xiaomi 6A dual Type-C braided data cable (39 yuan), a certain brand of Thunderbolt 3 data cable (Buy in 2023, 146 yuan), iPhone 15 Pro, Xiaomi 14 Ultra, OPPO Find X7 Ultra, Switch OLED, Apple’s official 30W charging head, 120W third-party charging head (supports up to 120W PD protocol) and power tester.

In order to ensure that the machine and data cable can reach maximum power during charging, the power of the four devices is kept below 20%. The specific charging data is as follows:

(Photo source: Lei Technology Drawing)

Obviously, Xiaomi 6A The dual Type-C braided data cable is not inferior to the Thunderbolt 3 cable in terms of charging protocol. It not only supports the high-power PD protocol, but can also meet all PPS, QC and Xiaomi's own proprietary protocols.

(Photo source: Photographed by Lei Technology)

In addition to charging power , then it’s Xiaolei’s turn to focus most, the data transmission protocol.

I believe that many readers transfer photos/videos from their mobile phones through WeChat when they want to import them to their computers. Not only will the image quality be severely compressed, but the transfer rate will also be very slow ( It also depends on the actual network speed). When the number of files is large, it is easy to get confused, which greatly affects work efficiency. But if you want to use a data cable to transmit data to a computer, in addition to the transmission capabilities of the mobile phone and computer interfaces themselves, a good cable is also indispensable.

As mentioned earlier, the transmission rate of Xiaomi 6A dual Type-C braided data cable is 10Gbps, which means that its transmission rate of large files is basically around 1GB/s. , in order to verify Xiaolei’s conjecture, Xiaolei conducted three rounds of tests on it, using it to import RAW photos in the memory card, transfer large files from the computer to the mobile phone, and transfer videos from the mobile phone to the computer. superior.

(Picture source: Lei Technology Drawing)

First is the import In the photo session, the maximum read and write speed of the mobile hard disk used by Xiaolei is around 4500MB/s. The volume of a set of RAW photos is 5.4GB. The measured time taken by OPPO, Xiaomi and Apple when using the Xiaomi data cable is 8.24 seconds and 8.34 seconds respectively. seconds and 9.86 seconds, that is, the transmission rates are 655MB/s, 647MB/s and 547MB/s respectively; after replacing the cable with Thunderbolt 3, the times used by the three are 8.36s, 8.32 seconds and 9.34 seconds respectively, with almost no difference. .

The second is the computer transmission link. The motherboard interface of Xiaolei’s computer can support up to 40Gbps (theoretical transmission rate 4000MB/s). In actual testing, Xiaomi data cables were used to When the data from the mobile hard disk is imported into the computer, the speed reaches 1693MB/s, and the reading speed also reaches 1779MB/s, which is far beyond the 10Gbps promoted by Xiaomi. It is not an exaggeration to say that Xiaomi is a "reverse virtual standard".

(Picture source: Lei Technology Drawing)

You need to know, The price of wires on the market that can reach a transmission rate of 20Gbps is basically above three digits, which makes the Xiaomi 6A dual Type-C braided data cable even more cost-effective.

(Picture source: Lei Technology Drawing)

By the way, there are many mobile phone manufacturers on the market that provide free The original data cable only supports USB 2.0 transmission protocol (theoretical transmission rate is 30-40MB/s). Therefore, users who often need to transfer large files should still consider buying a full-featured Type-C data cable, and this Xiaomi data cable may be the most worth buying in the near future.

Xiaomi, is it always fun to be a "catfish"?

Readers who are familiar with Xiaomi should know that Xiaomi is somewhat different from traditional mobile phone manufacturers. In addition to manufacturing mobile phones, smart watches, and tablets, Xiaomi has also launched smart home appliances. , routers, power banks, charging head data cables, power strips, daily necessities, etc., are also ridiculed by netizens as "Xiaomi Grocery Store".

According to the data released by Xiaomi, today Xiaomi has achieved its goal of subverting 100 industries, and Xiaomi IoT has become the world's largest smart hardware IoT platform.

(Picture source: Xiaomi official)

Watch on Xiaolei Now, Xiaomi is like a highly motivated catfish. Whenever Xiaomi enters a certain industry, it can quickly disrupt the original pattern of the market with its "cheap and big bowl" products.

To give the simplest example, the only giant in the early power strip market was Bull. Although its products were of excellent quality, their innovation was seriously lacking and their prices were far away. Higher than competing products. The emergence of Xiaomi power strips at that time provided users with new choices. Its pure white and simple appearance and the design of high-power USB interface were a dimensionality-reducing blow to traditional power strips, not to mention that its price was only 49 yuan. .

This socket, which combines beauty, practicality and low price, quickly became popular as soon as it entered the market. Although it is not outstanding from today's perspective, at that time, the Mijia power strip could be regarded as a benchmark product.

And everyone should have guessed the subsequent results. Most of the power strips on the market are now made of full materials, especially in terms of sockets, more and more attention is paid to the user's usage habits and Pain points. Nowadays, we can buy a power strip with a 65W charging interface for a price of tens of hundreds of yuan. A few years ago, this was unthinkable.

(Picture source: JD.com screenshot)

As for Xiaomi, A power bank priced at 200 yuan has been sold to 69 yuan, an air purifier that starts at 2,000 to 3,000 yuan has been sold to 699 yuan, and the router market, which is expensive and crowded with toothpaste, has forced everyone to be involved in these deeds. We will not go into them one by one here. .

Xiaomi’s success in multiple fields stems from its continued Internet thinking. Xiaomi can quickly understand the needs and pain points of users, and use Internet channels to drive down costs, quickly "bloodbath" the corresponding market segments through low prices and brand effects. This strategy not only gives Xiaomi an advantage in the market, but also establishes a good reputation among target groups.

Of course, many products in Xiaomi Grocery Store are not perfect, and some of them have average quality control rates. In fact, Mijia covers many and complex categories, involving a large number of suppliers and ecological chain companies. How to establish a more complete access and control mechanism is a key issue that Xiaomi needs to solve.

But no matter what, Xiaomi can use the Internet and the thinking of making mobile phones to reshape some traditional products, forcing leading companies in these industries to step out of their comfort zones. Let the corresponding market usher in more competition, which is the best thing for us as consumers.

(Photo source: Xiaomi JD.com self-operated flagship store)

Xiaomi's product concept: Make friends with users with sincerity

# Xiaomi's data line can become popular because, to put it bluntly, the product and price are strong enough. For current consumers, Type-C may be the most versatile and common interface, while the C-port data cable is responsible for multiple functions such as charging, data transmission, and video output.

#Type-C only specifies the shape of the interface and cannot restrict the specific transmission protocol. For ordinary people, USB4, USB 3.2, Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3, PD protocol, etc. are all complex and profound terms. In which scenarios the purchased data cable can be used, you often only know after plugging it into the interface. For ordinary users, the ideal situation is that one Type-C data cable can accept all protocols and can be used in any situation.

Xiaomi’s 39 yuan data cable is of course not compatible with all protocols, but it has the more mainstream functions, and the transmission specifications are indeed very high, and it can meet users’ daily needs such as fast charging and large file transfer. Effortlessly satisfying. If you consider its cost performance, the competitiveness is indeed very strong.

Xiaomi 6A dual Type-C braided data cable also appears as an SU7 accessory. Car manufacturing is Xiaomi's current key business, and pre-sales of the SU7 series have achieved good results. For its first new energy vehicle, Xiaomi has used data cables and other "grocery store" products to support it, which can be regarded as giving full play to the advantages of the ecological chain. As for Xiaomi Motors SU7, Lei Technology’s Dianchetong, which “pays attention to electric vehicles and understands intelligence better”, is conducting three-dimensional tracking reports, so stay tuned.

In fact, Xiaomi’s product concept has always been to pursue the ultimate cost-effectiveness. Good things are not expensive. This kind of product view is consistent in products as small as data cables, as large as mobile phones, and as large as cars. Including Xiaomi Automobile SU7, when many people thought that its corresponding configuration and product strength might sell for around 300,000, Xiaomi gave a starting price of just over 200,000, which was very sincere. One thing to say, Xiaomi is indeed a very sincere brand, which is why many "mi fans" have followed it for many years.

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