Any difference using iPhone charger?

[Voxone]

I went to plug mine into my Mac using the chord from my iPhone and the connector wouldn't fit. Apple has changed the charging cable connector and its slightly smaller than my iPad 1 and iPhone 4, so I couldn't use another charger if I wanted to. The only one that fits the iPad 3 is the one that came with it. Not sure if the iPhone 4s or iPad 2 has this same connector or not.

 

[emaja]

I went to plug mine into my Mac using the chord from my iPhone and the connector wouldn't fit. Apple has changed the charging cable connector and its slightly smaller than my iPad 1 and iPhone 4, so I couldn't use another charger if I wanted to. The only one that fits the iPad 3 is the one that came with it. Not sure if the iPhone 4s or iPad 2 has this same connector or not.

Simply not true. I have been using cords that came with my iPhone 3G with all three generation iPads, as well as my iPhone 4 and 4S.

Something else is the problem.

 

[Voxone]

Really? I thought I read that the new iPad had a different connector;it was smaller than previous iterations. Well, maybe I just didn't try hard enough then. I'll give it a shot when I get home tonight and see. That would be great if that's the case, because I've got a TON of cables and such. Thanks for the info.

 

[emaja]

It is a little odd in that you almost need to connect it at an angle. Threw me off too at first, but I assure you that they work!

 

[2IS]

To my understanding, I thought that if not supplied with proper wattage, voltage, and amperage, electrical components could be strained. Or is my understanding completely off?

No, you're not completely off, except for one caveat. You can really never have too many watts or more accurately, amperage. You can certainly have too little, but as it relates to charging, it's simply going to charge slower or not at all.

Now if you're talking about a device that doesn't have a battery and uses an external power source, like a desktop PC then having a power supply that doesn't have the proper wattage/amperage can have undesired effects. And when I say proper, I mean too little. Here again, you can never have too much amperage. The computer will simply use what it needs. The only real downside to having too big a power supply in this case would be that you probably spent a little more than you needed to.

Voltage absolutely needs to match. Too much or too little are both bad.

 

[Voxone]

It is a little odd in that you almost need to connect it at an angle. Threw me off too at first, but I assure you that they work!

Yes it is at an odd angle. Could be that, plus the leather case I have, made it difficult to connect. Add to that, that I could have sworn I read where Apple had gone to a smaller connector and I just figured it was a way to sell all new connectors and adapters! I will try again when I get home from work.

 

[jbimler]

Question pertaining to this topic. If I were to plug in the iPad to my PC how many watts is it receiving?

 

[2IS]

Question pertaining to this topic. If I were to plug in the iPad to my PC how many watts is it receiving?

Standard USB is 5v @ 500MAh which is 2.5 watts. Some newer ASUS/Gigabyte boards have a charge mode that takes it to 5v @ 1.5amps which is 7.5 watts. Mac's peak at 1100mah which is a hair over 5 watts.