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Why don't they give you a real home charger?
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Umm. Let's over think this one. Why not just use a standard household extension cord? That's how I have one of my chargers. I can add as many as I want for about a $1 a piece. Not that hard.
Umm. Let's over think this one. Why not just use a standard household extension cord? That's how I have one of my chargers. I can add as many as I want for about a $1 a piece. Not that hard.
I don't want a longer charger. It would just take up more room when I travel.
If you don't like the length of it, then buy an extender. Problem solved.
If you don't like the length of it, then buy an extender. Problem solved.
My coffee maker is an awesome one...but the cord is so short lol...so, instead of going to coffeemMakerrumors, I just pull it out everytime I use it..
It's not long enough for my nighstand. I plug it in on the power strip on the floor and it doesn't reach the top of my night stand haha. I have a 6 foot cable though that works fine. The apple cables are kind of short and useless imo, I only use them to sync when I'm on my laptop or something.
Don't these 6ft long cable, or extensions (non-active based) not charge the iPhone/iPad correctly? I've tried extensions before and it always charges my phone EXTREMELY slow, there are threads on here about it not carrying the full charge over the length of the cable due to the A required by the iPhone/iPad.
Check these out:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1&_nkw=apple usb 6ft&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m283 or
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...+usb+cable+6ft&rh=i:aps,k:apple+usb+cable+6ft
Picking up one because my old 4ft one barely reaches my night stand from my imac.
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My suggestion for him: Buy a long/extended 3rd party cable and glue/tape it to the adapter. Now it's one piece, not two. Problem solved.
its EU regs on phone chargers being universal and also saving materials - if teh cable is just 1 cm shorteron 4 million units so far sold that's 400km or 250 miles of cable saved!!!
Your calculation is slightly out, it would be 40km or 25 miles. Still a lot.
Having a short cable fits everyone's needs better than having a long cable. With the short cable, people who want a long cable can just add an extension. If they had a long cable, people who want a short cable are stuck with a long cable.
Why does Apple give you this tiny little USB cable with a wall adapter instead of a real charger? Preferably one longer than 2-3 feet also?
It charges my phone. I don't understand the question.
WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE? ^^^^
Sunkus: I was not agreeing with the oP, i am just saying thats not what he wants.
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Why would you move furniture???? just get an extension cord
Seems like the OP is looking for this: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10831&cs_id=1083110&p_id=7860&seq=1&format=2
Why does Apple give you this tiny little USB cable with a wall adapter instead of a real charger? Preferably one longer than 2-3 feet also?
http://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Charge-Double-Length-Standard/dp/B003UC93WQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319210438&sr=8-
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I like the Iphone charger, no problem with that.
But, like some friends, it could be "a bit" longer. sometimes I can not talk while it is on charge, because of the distance.
So I give two options to Apple:
1. Make the cable longer (8-10 cm is enough)
2. Increase the battery life of the phones, then you can even decrease the cable length
But, like some friends, it could be "a bit" longer. sometimes I can not talk while it is on charge, because of the distance.
So I give two options to Apple:
1. Make the cable longer (8-10 cm is enough)
2. Increase the battery life of the phones, then you can even decrease the cable length
I wasn't under the impression you were agreeing with him. Just couldn't find the quote at the time where he was stating this. (Too lazy to look for it)