Third-Party Vendor Beats Apple to Market With Reversible Lightning USB Cables

I've always used whichever cable I find, I don't care if it's original or not, nothing has ever happened to me by using cheap cables bought from eBay.

ALTHOUGH, I do use only original *chargers* (those little cubes) because I have experienced problems by using chargers that are not made by Apple. I always like to explain to people the difference between the cable and the charger.

coolfactor said:

In this case, I think the line between "certified" and "not certified" is getting blurred and non-certified cables and devices are being referred to as knock-offs because they are not blessed by Apple.

That said, I will only buy products certified by Apple. Not worth the risk.

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I won't. Apples cables are terrible. Not just their lightning cables but also laptop power cables.

I only buy third party lightning cables now - and only ones with a flat design so they can't twist and shred like the apple ones.

I've also had to replace my MBP power cable 5 times because the insulation atound the cable at the connection point had melted and exposed the wires.

Plutonius said:

Prepare for more "Apple cable caused fire / shock" news even though it's another knockoff cable.

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Was thinking exactly this.

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needfx said:

someone call Monica Bellucci

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There's a first date movie if there ever was one....

xmichaelp said:

Cool. Now people can blow themselves up with another shoddy third party cable.

Third party cables; not even once.

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Much better to have this happen with a genuine Apple cable.

Cool, now I can burn to death with the cable either way.

Timely article on 9to5mac re the poor quality of Apple cables. Of course, as is expected, the Apple army show up in the coments to defend, deflect and otherwise attempt to discredit the author.

hahahahhahahaha WOW you guys are KILLING ME. you really think it matters what cable you use??????????? unreal.

thanks MR, i bought 2, little steep for a couple cables but will save me a ton of aggravation.

you guys are too much. seriously. a cable.

ill be sure to update you when my house burns down PS. here is my "CERTIFIED" cable that was included with my ipad air. cant believe i havent DIED yet. im such a risk taker.

Will this work with all current USB ports...? I really would rather not have this not plug into half my USB ports, that would be a heck of a lot more annoying than transitioning to a device that uses lightning from one that uses the old 30-pin connector for example...

And I don't get why you guys have such issues with the normal Apple cables. My mom and I still have the original lightning cable that came with our devices. I am going on 2 perfectly fine ones. One from October 2012, and another from January 2014. My moms is from June 2013. I pretty much don't let them sharply go in a different direction from the little rubber thing that supports them right out of the connector. Sort of hard to explain.

xmichaelp said:

Cool. Now people can blow themselves up with another shoddy third party cable.

Third party cables; not even once.

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Do you buy $100 HDMI leads?

We're not talking of a charger or something with power here, it's just a connector cable, of which probably hundreds of companies have make all manner of cables, from SATA, HDMI, Parallel, Serial, Coax, Audio leads etc etc over decades perfectly well.

And many would have to be vastly higher quality than anything Apple ever makes.

Moto G said:

How is something "knock off", just because Apple didn't manufacture and sell it? Does that mean that every item sold outside Apple, on planet earth, EVER, is "knock off"?

Knock it off.

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I have to defend him here... Any lightning bolt usb cable not made by apple IS a knockoff...

While the cable is not Apple-approved and thus not Made for iPhone (MFi) certified, Truffol has told MacRumors that its cable works with both existing iOS devices and the upcoming iPhone 6.

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And they know it will work with the iPhone 6 ... how?

Bensalama21 said:

I have to defend him here... Any lightning bolt usb cable not made by apple IS a knockoff...

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No, there are certified ones that Apple approves of and takes registration fees for. All those ones you buy on Amazon or at TJ Max are certified. Then there are cheap knockoffs on eBay from China that must cost less than the registration fee alone.

USB has been around for nearly 20 years, why are companies only now suddenly getting excited about reversible cables?

For all those insisting it must be a real Apple cable or nothing, blah blah blah, it would be nice if Apple actually bothered producing half the cables for which there is demand. I would have thought, for example, a Mini-Display/Thunderbolt to HDMI is a very basic requirement for many, yet I had to buy one from Belkin. FWIW, the cable works perfectly. But I wonder why Apple don't make one if, as some suggest, Apple does not encourage the use of third party cables (whilst, of course, selling them on their own website...)

CausticSoda said:

For all those insisting it must be a real Apple cable or nothing, blah blah blah, it would be nice if Apple actually bothered producing half the cables for which there is demand. I would have thought, for example, a Mini-Display/Thunderbolt to HDMI is a very basic requirement for many, yet I had to buy one from Belkin. FWIW, the cable works perfectly. But I wonder why Apple don't make one if, as some suggest, Apple does not encourage the use of third party cables (whilst, of course, selling them on their own website...)

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they do, and charge 29.99 for some. its ridiculous, you are paying for the name. monoprice ftw

wonder who has the usb patient? oh heck reversable patient?

nozebleed said:

hahahahhahahaha WOW you guys are KILLING ME. you really think it matters what cable you use??????????? unreal.

thanks MR, i bought 2, little steep for a couple cables but will save me a ton of aggravation.

you guys are too much. seriously. a cable.

ill be sure to update you when my house burns down PS. here is my "CERTIFIED" cable that was included with my ipad air. cant believe i havent DIED yet. im such a risk taker.

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Buy a new cable, or at least break the electrical tape out. I haven't had any cable from any manufacturer for any device end up like that. I have no idea how you guys treat your cables.

paradox00 said:

Buy a new cable, or at least break the electrical tape out. I haven't had any cable from any manufacturer for any device end up like that. I have no idea how you guys treat your cables.

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Buy a new cable... That's clearly Apple's business strategy.

1) Sell poor quality products at ridiculous prices...
2) Wait until they break after a couple months of everyday use...
3) Customer comes into store to complain...
4) Repeat.

Why make a well designed, good quality, long lasting product, when you can treat cables as consumables.

Bensalama21 said:

I have to defend him here... Any lightning bolt usb cable not made by apple IS a knockoff...

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Apple don't make cables? They, more than likely employ the exact same Chinese fab shops as any other third party cable supplier. The biggest difference between certified and non certified is typically the mark-up involved!

Just for the record, a lightning connector is only proprietary on one end so by your reckoning, the other end could also be "knockoff"

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PocketSand11 said:

No, there are certified ones that Apple approves of and takes registration fees for. All those ones you buy on Amazon or at TJ Max are certified. Then there are cheap knockoffs on eBay from China that must cost less than the registration fee alone.

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Registration fees? Do you actually really believe this?

Applefan 2013 said:

I do believe that comments such as "First!" and posting several unnecessary images about it is against the rules. I *cough* suggest that MOTO G stop spamming the thread *cough* #

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Also talking about the rules is not allowed as well. Unless you do it in the side feedback part of the forums.

Reversible USB cables have been available before, so no one is "beating" apple at anything.

Bensalama21 said:

I have to defend him here... Any lightning bolt usb cable not made by apple IS a knockoff...

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No Apple even sell third party lightning cables in their stores, Belkin for example. They are not knock off, they are endorsed by Apple. I bought a short orange one from the Apple store to use with my mophie juice charger. It is not knock off!

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