any danger using generic iphone charging dock from ebay?

[jakeopolis]

hey all, i'd like to get a charging dock for my iphone - is there any harm in using a no-name one off ebay (i can save like 25 bucks...)

something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Sync-Charge-Dock...ccessories?hash=item3359502fab#ht_4007wt_1090

will that be safe to use?

 

[RandomGuy26]

hey all, i'd like to get a charging dock for my iphone - is there any harm in using a no-name one off ebay (i can save like 25 bucks...)

something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Sync-Charge-Dock...ccessories?hash=item3359502fab#ht_4007wt_1090

will that be safe to use?

been using one for over 6 months.. no problems so far

 

[jakeopolis]

been using one for over 6 months.. no problems so far

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.

 

[Uabcar]

hey all, i'd like to get a charging dock for my iphone - is there any harm in using a no-name one off ebay (i can save like 25 bucks...)

something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Sync-Charge-Dock...ccessories?hash=item3359502fab#ht_4007wt_1090

will that be safe to use?

hmm. That looks pretty nice. I like the simplicity of it. I may pick one of these up.

 

[ihonda]

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.

 

[jakeopolis]

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.

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?

 

[ihonda]

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

 

[jakeopolis]

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

ok, not so bad! thanks for the help.

 

[Shenaniganz08]

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

 

[V4705]

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 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...).