Lightning Original Iphone Charger Vs Fake

How to identify an apple original or mfi lightning cable and why this matters.

Lightning original iphone charger vs fake. The easiest way to see if a cable is fake at a glance is to check out the lightning connector certified lightning connectors are made of a single piece of smooth metal and the white part has. Compare the images below of certified apple accessories and counterfeit or uncertified lightning accessories. These are only a few counterfeit products. You can use the lightning connector usb connector and laser etchings to identify counterfeit or uncertified lightning accessories.

There are lots of fake cable chargers out there for the iphone ipad and ipod. In this video i show you how to tell if these are real or fake lightning cables. One last problem you can encounter if you have a fake charge is the end of the charger falling off. The fake chargers can be fairly dangerous as highlighted by the tragic story of a chinese woman who was electrocuted by a counterfeit charger while charging her iphone last year following up his look at the difference between real and counterfeit iphone chargers ken shirriff has taken to his blog via daring fireball to explore the differences between the real and fake iphone chargers he.

As you can see in this photo there are two chargers displayed. A fake apple lightning cable is a replica of the apple s oem lightning to usb cable. They seem pretty similar but take a closer look. This will help you prevent the.

Apple s charger is pictured on the left. How to spot fake lightning cable vs real according to apple by oliver haslam april 19th 2015 apple has updated its support website to help iphone and ipad users identify when they are using a lightning cable or accessory that is neither made by apple nor an authorized partner. Apple made headlines recently when it sued an amazon seller over fake lightning cables. It has a slightly shorter usb.

Tips to identify fake vs genuine apple charger for iphone counterfeit or duplicate chargers detect. If you use one these fake cables your device may be at harm so we have compiled differently from which you can identify fake vs original apple lightning cable.