I wonder what customs is going to do with 30 000 cables
They started putting them on ebay. I just bought one for 6 bucks.
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Chinese Counterfeit Lightning Cables Confiscated in Alaska
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They started putting them on ebay. I just bought one for 6 bucks.
utter garbage no cable costs that much
GARBAGE!
gitsum!
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30 dollars for a cable lol at you
I'm afraid this is still wrong...
They were designed to look like the $19 USB cable, the counterfeit light cables will be worth about 30c - $1. Therefore taking an average and assuming 65c a cable, it's closer to 925,000 cables.
Either way, even if it was 31.5k cables, at 65c a piece it's still only about $20,500. Which is pocket change when you're involved in this industry.
So you could develop a omnidirectional, waterproof, usb 2/3 (future) compatible connector with the same connection quality, cable build quality for less than Apple?
Go for it. I hear the MicroUSB 3 guys could do with some help in that department looking at this monstrosity:
Easy to beat Apple on price if you don't supply the functionality. Or did you read anywhere that these cables actually work? And since these cables all had an Apple logo, it is now officially proven that you don't pay for the Apple logo, but for the fact that it just works.
I buy Chinese knockoff Apple products all the time, not the devices though, just the cables and they always worked the same as the real thing.
keep dreaming, the cheap ones work fine unless apple put a chip in to stop fakes just so they can hike up the price and making disgusting profit levels
gitsum
Nobody said making the actual cable cost that much. But R&D and IP development do cost money. Besides, the cable is $19, not $30. You have no idea what you're talking about.
R&D for a cable. Come on. The cable is not worth 20 dollars. The cables quite frequently break before the 2 year contract is over as well.
Are you really trying to argue with a poor demented soul that thinks it's funny to end allof his posts with a teenerd slang word that means : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=git sum ?
I'ts probably a dumb 13 years old boy or a sad retarted adult, show some respect for someone so unlucky.
This isn't just a cable, there are some very cool technology in the semiconductor that is within the cable. In this case, $20 isn't an unreasonable price actually.
That being said the $4 lightning cables from Amazon for the most part, works perfectly.
1st shift makes legitimate products. 2nd shift makes the counterfeit products.
Only in your dreams.
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If they really have data functionality the component cost will certainly be higher.
$19 for a USB is obscene!
I have purchased 3 "knock off" cables on Amazon for my iPhone 5. They shipped from China but arrived in the mail after 3 weeks. I only use them to charge but they work great.
The best part is that they were under $4 each!
http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/15...ck-off-of-apples-lightning-cable-disassembled
http://search8.taobao.com/search?q=...id=mm_14507416_2297358_8935934&sort=price-asc
http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=lightning+cable
Apparently there are ones for $3.50 that are functional after everyone getting their cut and postage. At $1USD = 6.5RMB (CNY) and seeing some on Taobao for 1.5RMB, that's about 25c a piece.
Though many of the Taobao reviews were good, there were a few complaints and one claiming that 4/10 of his cables wouldn't change the phone.
They might be using loss leader tactics though, perhaps not. Either way the production cost wouldn't be above $1 for these.
Why, not? The knock-off devices look...close...to...the...real...thing?
I'm going to wait a little while longer until the dust settles for buying third-party Lightning cables. I don't think the customer is served by a race to be first rather than the race to make a good product.
WRONG and RIGHT. In the case of the old dock connector cable, the quality of the original Apple version was so bad I didn't think twice about getting counterfeits. Apple's cables are well-known to break easily... especially around the area where the chord meets the head of the cable.
There are counterfeits that ARE just plain crap however.
At the moment I haven't seen the Chinese counterfeits produce a good quality Lightning cable. Or perhaps I have. See, here in Thailand there are dubious stores selling two versions -- "original" and "copy". I've looked at the ones they call "copy" and it's obviously fake -- and crap. The contact head looks like a poorly etched PCB. On the other hand, the one they claim is original looks pretty much exactly like the original -- though the packaging doesn't look right -- they just CAN'T seem to get the Apple logo right (how friggin' hard is it? Don't they have macs with option-shift-K ???) Knowing these stores, they're most probably fake... but I can't tell for sure (coz of my own preconceptions about the integrity of the stores).
But it's just a matter of time before the counterfeits get it right... and I'll be buying their stuff if I can rather than pay triple for an original cable that frays in less than a year.
Apple's cables have NEVER been good, and this is the very reason I stopped using the original cables that come with a new iOS device (because they're best left in the box for resale). I still see people with their frayed original Apple cables and earphones and I can only shake my head in disbelief.
I have very little sympathy for corporate america, and especially their exploitative activities in the developing world, but if you buy this crap then you are just supporting the race to the bottom. You also have no idea what labour conditions the black market are using.
I just can't see why Apple consumers would cheap out, sure the cables are overpriced, but if you are looking for the cheapest PC components then why not get some generic wintel box to begin with?
I just can't see why Apple consumers would cheap out, sure the cables are overpriced, but if you are looking for the cheapest PC components then why not get some generic wintel box to begin with?
Sorry, I've been burned before buying aftermarket cables. Bought some $2.00 30-pins about a year and a half ago. Bought 10 of them, since they were so cheap, figuring I would have one within arm's reach wherever I was. Only to find out when they arrived that they wouldn't work with anything other than my 4S. Not my iPad. Not my GF's 4. Nothing.
I've even had issues buying Griffin cables in the past. No thanks.
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Are you really trying to argue with a poor demented soul that thinks it's funny to end allof his posts with a teenerd slang word that means : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=git sum ?
I'ts probably a dumb 13 years old boy or a sad retarted adult, show some respect for someone so unlucky.
Touche' Point taken.