A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. I have never nerded out so hard over a USB cable the way I am over Winnergear's MicFlip ...

Everyone needs cables, whether you’re looking for a new Lightning cable for your iPhone or iPad, or an extra Micro-USB cable for your Android phone, Bluetooth speaker, or portable hard drive. You ...

Aftermarket Micro USB cables have traditionally had a lot of problems. Sometimes they’re not properly insulated, so after just a little bit of use you get wire breaks, and then, a defective micro USB ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

I've got some old cords that have a micro-usb port on one end and a wall plug on the other. These are for charging mobile phones I used to have. Should I toss them or save them for future phones I'll ...

You don’t need to hoard every cable you’ve ever had, but it’s wise to keep some outdated cable types around for a while longer. When you realize you don’t have any more devices that use a cable type, ...

We love super-portable mini cables, especially when they come with special features. The Magnet Micro USB is ultra slim and hides—you guessed it—magnets in the cable heads so they snap together, ...

Many Android phones still use micro USB charging cables, while ISB Type C has more or less taken over with most smartphones using the same. It’s not as easy to find a micro USB charger as it used to ...

Despite the rise in popularity of faster USB-C cable tech, Micro USB cables are still widely used for charging Android devices, phones, cameras, and more, especially for kits manufactured before 2015.