Have you wondered how some people can afford and iphone??? Its a status symbol, and some people that own them would struggle to then have spare cash to fork out for a authentic charger.
Frankly Apple accessories are a ripoff. It was cheaper for me to get a used nano off ebay with a charging cable then buy the replacement cable. For a nano that cost me 40 pounds, the replacement cable was 15 pounds. Off ebay I got a nano and cable for the same price I would need to pay for the cable.
Why do people have to use fake ones? I have a hard time believing someone can afford an iPhone or iPad but can't afford a charger.
no one asked apple to invent a cable that includes its own ram and chip set which theyve only done to make even more money in the first place
the old one worked just fine or make it USB 3 at least
I'm really not getting it... What system? I won't believe for a second that the system is the reason it's so expensive. Why? All i gotta do is look at other accessories. Heck even RAM is far more expensive there than elsewhere.
I've never seen a third party charger do this type of thing to an Android or Windows phone.
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Yes, you don't get it.
You have absolutely no idea what goes into engineering a consumer electronic product, even as "simple" as a charger, and it's painfully obvious.
It doesn't take an engineer to know that garbage chargers are simpler than the good chargers. You can see there's simply more "stuff" in the pictures:
http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html
Right, it's too expensive? You have any idea what goes into making something like this and how much people cost?
Think about it, taking a ballpark salary of an electrical engineer at $100,000/year, and a mechanical engineer at $100,000/year, and putting them on the task of making a safe, compact, and effective power adapter. Then paying $80,000/year per QA tester to verify all the ways it could get screwed up in real life usage, and checking to make sure it doesn't kill you.
Paying for all the certification tests for each country so that an independent organization can vouch that your design is reasonably safe.
A manager or two.
A team for making manufacturing dies and materials.
Paying to keep the engineers around for when manufacturing defects surface so that you have somebody who knows how it was supposed to work figure out why it didn't.
All the workers who actually help assemble the final product at the factory.
Paying the rent for the factory.
A ton of other stuff I don't know or that I forgot.
If you want a cheap charger, get a cheap charger. Don't complain if your cheap charger isn't as good as a more expensive charger.
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Me neither, but that's probably because most other phones arn't made of metal, and because other phones seem to have other problems with genuine chargers.
http://sammyhub.com/2013/07/09/galaxy-s4-fire-uae/
I don't need a good charger. All I need is a cable that will charge my phone. That's it. Most people agree, which is why we don't want to put our hard-earned money into Apple's "intricate system" of a cable. I would rather have a simple cable that costs less to produce. It's a cable. Btw all that stupid stuff u just mentioned with factories. Have nothing to do with Apple. In case you don't know, that's not assembled here in the U.S It's assembled in China for literally pennies. The only thing you got right are the engineers and managers, and I simply don't care about that. I appreciate what they do for my phone, but for my charger, I'd rather not pay more for essentially the same functions as any other basic charger.
Just because there's this one tragic incidence, doesn't mean all 3rd party cables are condemned.
Yeah I'm sure Apple engineers spend time and r&d on that just so they can make more money on accessories. I'm sure Tim Cook walked in to Bob Mansfield's office and told him to do whatever he has to so Apple can charge more for a lightning cable.
WHY not make the original apple chargers cheaper so people won't have to use fake ones?
Why is it that every Apple charger I've had has had this issue?
This. Why does a USB adapter have to cost $20? Same with the cable. $10 is much more reasonable and will still ensure a profit.
Why is it that every Apple charger I've had has had this issue?
I'd pay $20 to get the assurance I'm not going to die using the product. If Apple dropped them to $10, people would make $5 chargers. If they did them for $5, someone would do them for $2.. People will always try and save a buck, but at what cost....