USB-A to USB-C Cable – 5Gbps Data & Charge, 1m to 3m

Description

A usb a to usb c cable is the lead for charging and syncing a USB-C phone, tablet or earbud case from the rectangular port that is still on every laptop, car, wall plug and power bank. One plug has not changed in twenty years; the other is on everything new. This joins them.

What it carries

A usb a to usb c cable of this kind carries 5Gbps of data — USB 3.1 Gen 1 — fast enough to pull a few hundred photographs off a phone in seconds rather than minutes. Most bundled charging leads are USB 2.0 at 480Mbps, a tenth of that, and the difference only shows up when you actually move files.

For charging it carries 5V at up to 3A, which is the limit of what a USB-A port can negotiate. A usb a to usb c cable will charge a phone at its normal rate from a laptop, a car socket or a wall plug.

⚠️ What it will not do, and the live page gets this wrong

It will not do USB Power Delivery. PD is a USB-C-to-USB-C arrangement — it needs the Type-C connector at both ends to negotiate the higher voltages. No usb c to usb a cable can do it, whatever the charger is capable of.

That matters because a 65W charger plugged into a USB-A lead gives you 5V and ordinary speed. If you want fast charging on a modern phone you need a USB-C to USB-C lead and a PD charger — this is the right cable for a USB-A port, not a way to get PD out of one.

Which end goes where

On a usb a to usb c cable the USB-A plug goes into the laptop, the wall charger, the car socket or the power bank. The USB-C plug goes into the device, and it is reversible — no wrong way up, which is most of the reason USB-C exists.

A usb c to usb a cable works in the direction the ports dictate; there is no setting and nothing to configure.

What it is for

• Phones and tablets — Android, iPhone 15 and later, iPad from 2018
• Earbud and headphone cases that charge over USB-C
• Cameras, handhelds and game controllers with a USB-C port
• Portable SSDs and card readers, where a usb c to usb 3.0 cable earns its keep
• Car charging, where almost every socket is still USB-A

When the 5Gbps matters and when it does not

For charging, a usb a to usb c cable at 5Gbps behaves exactly like one at 480Mbps — the speed rating has nothing to do with power. It matters the moment you plug in a portable SSD, a card reader or a phone you are backing up.

A usb c to usb 3.0 cable is what somebody searches for when that is the reason they are buying, and it is the same object. Ten times the throughput for a couple of dollars is the easiest upgrade in this catalogue, and most people never notice they are still using the lead that came in the box.

Build and lengths

Moulded plugs with strain relief at both ends, and a jacket flexible enough to live coiled in a bag. The USB-C end is where a usb a to usb c cable fails — it is the end that goes in and out of a pocket-carried device several times a day — and the moulding here is a straight collar rather than a thin neck.

Stocked in 1m, 1.5m, 2m and 3m. 1m for a desk or a car, 2m for a bedside table, 3m for a couch. The shorter leads also hold 5Gbps more comfortably than the long ones, which matters if the cable is being used for data rather than charge.

Why purchase this cable from Core Connect Aust?

This usb a to usb c cable is stocked in Melbourne and ready to go — order before 10am and your usb c to usb a cable ships the same day via Australia Post with insurance, backed by our 90-day warranty and a team who can confirm it suits the device you own.

Stocked here, not shipped from overseas. Order your usb a to usb c cable today and stop borrowing the one from the car.

Compatibility

Compatible with any device that charges or syncs over USB-C, from any USB-A port:

• Android phones and tablets — Samsung, Google Pixel, OPPO, Xiaomi, Motorola
• iPhone 15 and later, and iPad from 2018 onward
• Earbud and headphone charging cases with USB-C
• Cameras, handheld consoles and game controllers with USB-C
• Portable SSDs and card readers — where the 5Gbps is the point
• Anything charged from a car socket, which is almost always USB-A

At the other end: any USB-A port — laptop, desktop, wall charger, car charger or power bank.

⚠️ What it cannot do: USB Power Delivery. PD requires USB-C at both ends, so no cable with a USB-A plug can negotiate it. This charges at the standard 5V rate. For PD fast charging you need a USB-C to USB-C lead and a PD charger.

No drivers, no settings. The USB-C end is reversible; the USB-A end is not.

Device and brand names above are used only to describe what the cable connects.