First anticipate - the cable fulfills its function. But I need it mainly when I use my Xperia Z (in portrait mode) as a navigation device in the car and that's why I chose this product with the angled plug. But this is after you have attached to the top. But who in the car top sockets? Thus, one has to draw a loop and pull the cable back down, to the detriment of the visual field, the cable length is sufficient anyway. The bottom line: a straight plug would have done no worse.
