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any danger using generic iphone charging dock from ebay?

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jakeopolis

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RandomGuy26 said:
been using one for over 6 months.. no problems so far
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ok, good to know. anyone else have experience with this? i'm happy with generic products, i just don't wanna mess up my iphone battery with poor charging or something.
 
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ihonda

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cons: very light weight.. also if your phone is docked NO sound will come out of it like it does w/ the REAL apple dock.

i own both.. a real and this knockoff in white.

the differences are noted above. other then that it works. when i say its light weight i mean its really light.
 
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jakeopolis

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ihonda said:
cons: very light weight.. also if your phone is docked NO sound will come out of it like it does w/ the REAL apple dock.

i own both.. a real and this knockoff in white.

the differences are noted above. other then that it works. when i say its light weight i mean its really light.
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cool, thanks for the feedback. this does have an audio out though, couldn't i theoretically plug headphones into that? i'd ideally have 2 of these - one on my desk at home to be used ONLY for charging, one on my desk at work to be used as a charging dock while i listen to music over headphones. what do you think?
 
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ihonda

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yes it has a head phone jack on the back thats the only way ur gonna get audio out of the dock.
 
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Shenaniganz08

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I would go with the OEM one, I bought the ebay one and you could wiggle the iphone from left to right when it was docked. I imagine after a few hundred dockings it might mess up the 30 pin connector.

The apple dock is $30.. way to expensive, but currently the only solution that fits the iphone 3g/3gs perfectly
 
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V4705

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i'm using two universal docks from ebay for six months (i think).
no problems at all, although it's not compatible with switcheasy's inserts but i glue it :rolleyes: and it's fine.
(it's coming with inserts for iphone 3g\s and you can use it with no inserts at all to fit covers and cases...).
 
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