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Unauthorized Third-Party Chargers May Damage iPhone 5 Charging Circuitry

john123 said:
It's not about being able to "afford" them. It's about finding it the costs absurd. Accessories are some of the highest margin products in the PC industry. I'm not interested in padding Apple's coffers on them (I do this enough with the hardware).

Your logic is faulty, because you incorrectly assume that non-Apple is inherently poor. Instead, what we're talking about here are a small fraction of non-Apple products that are problematic and the fact that consumers cannot differentiate between "quality" non-certified third-party cables versus "non-quality" ones. None of that is tantamount to an argument that consumers "should just buy Apple approved charges" as you claimed.
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Your first paragraph - No one forces consumers to buy Apple products, people do have a choice you know! If you're not interested in padding Apple's coffers avoid their products and choose a different brand.

Your second paragraph - You incorrectly assume that you are able to read my mind. I'm merely suggesting that to avoid the possibility of serious injury or death buy approved products....it's not rocket science.

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coolspot18 said:
No other smartphone or tablet requires proprietary chargers.
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And?
 
2 x iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPad 4th gen, iPad Air, iPad Mini and an iPad rMini.

No issues whatsoever all using the cables and chargers they came with or MFI car chargers.
 
WBRacing said:
Due to the poor battery life of my phone, I have to have a cable at home, one at work and one in the car. That is unless I want to have to carry a single one with me everywhere as very few other people around me have a lightening connector I can borrow and those who do have usually have their phone plugged in.

So three cables, at $19 that's $57 just for some cables (not including the plugs).

"A few extra dollars". :rolleyes:
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Surely you were aware of this when buying your iPhone?!
 
Chrjy said:
How long before people realise they should just buy Apple approved chargers etc, surely if they can afford the products they can afford an extra few dollars for the correct accessories!
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Absolutely, but there's still a grey area with cars. My car has a USB port where I plug the phone into using a standard Apple lightning cable if it needs charging. Is the car's USB port Apple-approved? Who knows.
 
That's all nice and good, but I still have to use a third party charger in my car as Apple is not offering one. Also they are even encouraging people to use non-Apple chargers through their official lightning-to-microUSB adapter.
 
doctor-don said:
Proprietary? Micro-USB cables?
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Samsung has used proprietary cables on its tablets. Looks familiar?

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They should use standard micro USB cables, as the rest of the industry does. I hope that at least in Europe they'll be forced to do so.

These proprietary connectors are nice for the vendor's revenues, but there's no technical reason for it and it's bad for consumers and the environment.
 
BvizioN said:
Trying to be a smart ass?
I use European units of measurement, regardless of where I live.
F. O. now.
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I am from Europe also. Please explain how Metric measurements are not used or known in Europe???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication

I'd appreciate if you did you label the rest of us Europeans as not being able to convert between metric and imperial!

That's your problem! The rest of us manage just fine.

There is no such thing as European units of measurements!!!! wow!
 
iOSaddict said:
Yeah please don't. :rolleyes:
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what the hell is that supposed to mean? are you really saying that people should listen to Apple and only buy original adapters for iphones? come on, thjey came up with a ******** story like that and you believe them? come on, open your iEyes for once.
No company or phone has problems with people buying third-party connectors yet Apple is, once again, the only one stating how this, presumably, can damage your phone.
 
willyx said:
How about they lower the price of the cables and licensing costs of MFi program for chargers, so we can buy reasonably priced chargers for the already expensive products?

Specially when the ones they make are of a very questionable durability (corrosion, easy peeling).
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The price is tailored to the quality. You pay a little more but it's going to last you a lot longer than the cheap one you get from a 3rd party.
 
Woyzeck said:
They should use standard micro USB cables, as the rest of the industry does. I hope that at least in Europe they'll be forced to do so.
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That has nothing to do with the article. They aren't talking about cables. They are talking about chargers.

It's still a crap excuse from Apple. They make a cable with a UNIVERSAL plug on the end (USB), then tell people not to plug it into USB ports?

If you're only supposed to use "authentic" Apple chargers, why would they give the devices a universal plug?
 
Chrjy said:
How long before people realise they should just buy Apple approved chargers etc, surely if they can afford the products they can afford an extra few dollars for the correct accessories!
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I totally agree. I only purchase Apple chargers, Apple cables and Apple accessories because I know they are guaranteed to work perfectly with the products I use. And of course they are best quality and will last a very long time because they are built to last, and not built on the cheap like other products that don't carry the Apple logo.
 
Baloney! I got a Belkin Car charing kit from the Apple Store that says it was iPhone 5/5s ready. I got the non approved iphone accessory message all the time when I plugged it in to my iPhone 5 and eventually I started to have battery problems. The battery would drop from 44% to 1% in a matter of seconds, and when I plugged it in the charger it would jump to ~25%. So what is the point of an iPhone approved certification if it ruins your phone anyway?
 
My out of the box Apple charging cable occasionally shows the EXACT SAME WARNING for no apparent reason so I think there's more to this story than Apple is letting out. It's very convenient for Apple to throw the blame around than to have to take the financial hit to fix the problem. If anything happens to my iPhone 5s, I'm going to be the first to demand that my phone be replaced.

Also, the cable for my original iPhone is of substantially better quality then for my new iPhone 5s. Apple's quality control has definitely gone downhill. I can already tell my iPhone 5s cable will not last another year. It's too flimsy. The original iPhone cable is built like a TANK!
 
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unclevername said:
The price is tailored to the quality. You pay a little more but it's going to last you a lot longer than the cheap one you get from a 3rd party.
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Ha! I have had plenty of apple cables that come with my device that have frayed and or peeled. I have the original one that came with my iphone that I don't even use because it is so frayed that it disables my usb port on my Mac.
 
Chrjy said:
Surely you were aware of this when buying your iPhone?!
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I was and using Amazon basics cables I am ok with the cost and the risk.

To dismiss the unreasonable cost of genuine Apple cables though as being only "a few extra dollars" though is (IMHO) as crazy as happily accepting it.
 
Chrjy said:
Your first paragraph - No one forces consumers to buy Apple products, people do have a choice you know! If you're not interested in padding Apple's coffers avoid their products and choose a different brand.

Your second paragraph - You incorrectly assume that you are able to read my mind. I'm merely suggesting that to avoid the possibility of serious injury or death buy approved products....it's not rocket science.
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Nice try, but no. You completely missed the entire point.

You said "people do have a choice." That conflicts with your previous statement: "How long before people realise they should just buy Apple approved chargers." Do you know who certified cables? Yep, it's an Apple standard. So Apple profits either way—and that's why the prices are so absurd for a simple cable.

I don't need to read your mind to parse your illogical claim, and for the record, logic is pretty important in rocket science. What you think is common sense is anything but. Good effort at trying to dig yourself out of that hole, though.
 
MH01 said:
I am from Europe also. Please explain how Metric measurements are not used or known in Europe???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication

I'd appreciate if you did you label the rest of us Europeans as not being able to convert between metric and imperial!

That's your problem! The rest of us manage just fine.

There is no such thing as European units of measurements!!!! wow!
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Are you telling me that if you go on Greek, Italian, or German (etc) supermarkets you see the product wight measured by lbs?? Are you serious? And by the way, who is the rest of you who can manage just fine? Oh, I see what you did, you spoke on the name of others!! Well, speak for yourself.

Seriously, where are all these Einstein's coming from??
 
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