Are Chinese Car Chargers Safe?

[Vidiot62]

I'm looking for a car charger/dock for my new 5s, but the only ones I can find are brand-less generic ones from China. Besides the fact that iOS 7 may reject it, are they safe or do they do damage to the phone battery?

This is what I'm looking for: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200958831128
If anyone knows of a more legitimate one, please let me know. Thanks!

 

[Col Ronson]

I'm looking for a car charger/dock for my new 5s, but the only ones I can find are brand-less generic ones from China. Besides the fact that iOS 7 may reject it, are they safe or do they do damage to the phone battery?

This is what I'm looking for: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200958831128
If anyone knows of a more legitimate one, please let me know. Thanks!

considering there was a news story of an iPhone exploding or setting on fire because of a cheap unapproved charger, i wouldn't recommend it

 

[R.Stoychev]

Simply - NO !

 

[Makaveliarts]

Like 4 years ago, my friends crappy cell phone made a weird noise and let out some black & grey smoke when he started his engine once. Buy one that isn't a knock-off and you should be fine.


Most of these car chargers were made in China, either way. Some are just cheaper than others.

 

[user-name-here]

If I just bought a $650+ device then I wouldn't rely on some off the wall generic charger with it.

Then again though, everything already comes from China

 

[12vElectronics]

Official Apple chargers or Authorized Apple chargers is what you should buy only.

 

[toxic]

don't cheap out on chargers. cheaping out on cables is ok (though difficult now).

take a look at Monoprice.com for cheap and decent quality.

 

[Ruckus12]

I bought an amazon basics lightening cable and it works fine without any error messages, they're a little cheaper than oem apple