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They scanned a Thunderbolt cable with a USB C connector. No iPhones have a thunderbolt port. In other words, this is the cable Apple makes to support its Macs. And Apple has had C-only connectors on Macs since 2015.
It's an apples to oranges comparison for sure. The only reason you'd purchase a Thunderbolt cable is to support Thunderbolt enabled hardware, which are designed for Apple computers. It would have been a better comparison if they scanned the typical USB-C cable provided with a laptop or iPad instead. They start at $19.00 per 1 meter cable.
Thunderbolt isn’t just for Macs. Lots of PCs have Thunderbolt. The interface was developed by Apple and Intel.
If you bought a higher end Windows machine, there is a good chance you have Thunderbolt.
Good point...my mistake...