Good things cable works. Not aesthetic. The plug is huge (a full inch long) so you can easily grab it even if your thumb is two inches in diameter. You could probably use your elbows to grab him as well. I suspect that's what the engineers had in mind when they designed these connectors. If you're like 99.9% of people with a normal-sized thumb (about half an inch wide), you find this plug ugly and oversized. I'll keep looking for cables with smaller connectors, about halfway front to back. The charging cable that came with my phone has a plug just over half an inch long. This is almost half the size of this plug.