Reasons to stay with Apple's iPhone instead of buying Google Pixel 3

While USB-C is steadily gaining in popularity, it's not so good yet – and that makes it harder to choose the Pixel 3.

Apple's Lightning port, because it's a jack-of-all-trades: Not only can a USB-C cable support supported smartphones, tablets, and laptops alike, but it's also a standard connector for a new breed of accessories like monitors and headphones.

Smartphone makers are beginning to adopt USB-C, but it's been a slow process, and it can make things tricky if you have a phone with a USB-C port. For example: say you're at home and you need to charge your phone. It's almost guaranteed that among a group of people, someone will have an iPhone charger. But try asking for a USB-C load, and you're likely to be met with blank stares.

This can be an issue in public spaces, too. Thankfully, in the box of the Pixel 3, it now supports wireless charging, and you can find it.

It's hard to find a USB-C port, too

There's one more issue that I've found with USB-C charging: in the case of Apple's Lightning Charging Cables, the end that connects to charging is the old-school USB-A connector. At this point, USB-A is everywhere, like most laptops and even your car; if you need to charge your phone in a hurry, you have options.

But the cable included with the Pixel 3 is USB-C on both ends, which means that you do not have a USB-C port to plug the cable into.

For me personally, this means I can not load the Pixel 3 using my MacBook Air, or using the USB-A ports that are built into my desk at work. It's a super-specific problem, to be sure, but a problem for me nonetheless.