The latest and the coolest smartphone powering technology is the USB Type-C. It is fast, multipurpose, universal and reversible, and most smartphone manufacturers and adopting it.
However, there is no one company that owns the Type-C technology, hence anyone can make them for cheap, but that also increases the possibility for poor quality charging cables that can fry up your device.
The reason why USB-C cables burn up devices is that they consume a lot more power than a regular micro USB cord. If you charge your smartphone by plugging your USB-C cord into your laptop, a faulty cord could drain far more power from your laptop than your computer is designed to supply, destroying it — and your smartphone — in an instant.
Considering this blunder, the USB-C standards-setting group, the USB Implementers Forum, plans to issue a seal of approval for safe USB-C cords.
