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I just stick to buying Amazon Basics or from the Anker store.
by giarc 8y ago
I just stick to buying Amazon Basics or from the Anker store.
- covercash 8y agoI’ve replaced all of my family’s iOS chargers and cables with Anker — far more durable than Apple’s! I still mostly stick with Apple products when it comes to notebook power, especially for the 15” MBP.
- cronix 8y agoAnd my cats don't chew on the Anker cables. For some reason, it seems a lot of cats just love to chew on Apple branded cords - specifically. I guess they smell/taste good to them. I've worked in electronics a good part of my life and have hundreds of all sorts of different types of cables, but the cats ONLY seem to love Apples cords for some reason. I have to warn guests when they whip out their chargers lol.
- therein 8y agoFun fact -- back when I worked at Apple as a Software Engineer, we used Anker cables. Not on occasion either, primarily. In fact, our team time after time received a huge shipments of Anker cables (think 1000-2000 cables in their retail boxes)
- ksec 8y agoSo internally Apple knew their cables wasn't as good as Anker?
- therein 8y agoAt least among their software engineers, very much so. If Anker got a cent for each time a cable of theirs got plugged into an iPhone prototype that never left the HQ, they'd still be a huge company.
- ksec 8y agoIsn't that the biggest failure of Apple? I think the original Anker Powerline cable were good, but not great. The Powerline II was perfect. And it was only a small changes in material and design, it doesn't even break. ( The Powerline has slightly longer "tail" at the end of the plug so it doesn't take as much strain ) If Apple Engineers are not using its own Apple products than there is something very wrong.
- Scoundreller 8y agoWhich are the top non-ad results when I search for mFI iPhone cable. Not sure if it’s even possible to commingle with AmazonBasics inventory
- Fej 8y agoAmazon's house brands cannot be commingled with.