Lightning connector charging

Hello,

I have the iPad 4 as well as the iPhone 5 (I realize I'll never have two new products like this ever again, at the same time).

I want to know if I can use each charger interchangeably with each product. I know that the iPad lightning charger (box) charges at a higher rating than the iPhone charger. I'm obviously looking for longevity and don't want to cause any undue damage even minimally. DOCUMENTATION FROM APPLE of the ability to do this/or not, from would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Dean

**Update: I chose to take my iPhone chargining square instead of the larger iPad charging square with me. I've had the iPad 4 plugged in for almost an hour and the square portion is getting pretty hot and I can tell that the charging is going at a slower rate than it has with the charging square which was designed for the iPad. Did Apple really need to muddy the waters with making two types of charging boxes for these two devices?!

technopimp said:

Yes you can use them interchangeably with zero problems.

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Thank you for the response. Did you find this info anywhere in particular? Take care.

technopimp said:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD836LL/A/apple-12w-usb-power-adapter?fnode=3c

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Thank you very much for the link. That is exactly what I wanted. I have another question for you. Do you have any thoughts on car charging abilities? I've recently read that although these bricks compensate well for Apple products, car charging can be a different story and Apple obviously doesn't make a car charging plug.

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zhenya said:

This has been the case for years. The iPhone charger is smaller because the phone is smaller so no need to include a big brick when the small 5w model will charge the phone rapidly. It will charge an ipad, but as you note, quite slowly.

The new ipad charger is 12w vs 10w for the old one to try and compensate for the much larger batteries in iPads with the retina displays that take a very long time to charge. All of these are interchangeable. You may get slightly faster charge times or your phone with the larger chargers.

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Thanks.