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About a year ago I switched to an iPhone after being a longtime (~10 years) Android user. Last night I was at the grocery store and impulse-bought a Lightning c

About a year ago I switched to an iPhone after being a longtime (~10 years) Android user. Last night I was at the grocery store and impulse-bought a Lightning charging cable to carry in my hiking backpack. No way I would ever have trusted a checkout-lane USB cable, but Apple's tighter controls give me a greater assurance that the cable will work well and not damage things.

rasz 6y ago
>grocery store checkout-lane Lightning charging cable is how you burn your Tristar in the best case scenario, and a House if you are unlucky https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/gma-investigates-inexpensive-lightning-cables-harm-phone-54920478 https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/gma-investig... https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj34z5/why-counterfeit-lightning-cables-kill-iphones-cheap-iphone-chargers https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj34z5/why-counterfeit-light... 'Jessa Jones, owner of iPad Rehab in Honeoye Falls' cited above is a legend https://www.youtube.com/c/Mendonipadrehab/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/Mendonipadrehab/videos
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  Those seem to be about fake cables though, not genuine Lightning cables?
  - vlovich123 6y ago
    OP never said if he bought a legitimate Apple cable or a third party one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen genuine cables in these kinds of shops even when I travel to Europe but that could still be a locale thing.
newscracker 6y ago
If that's a third party cable, you did take some risk on your iPhone. Third party cables and chargers (made with cheap components and poor design) may not function as expected or can be harmful to the device and to you (or people around you), at worst.
- earthboundkid 6y ago
  Apple keeps a pretty tight lid on MFI though, right? As long as the box has MFI on it, it's probably legit, unless you're really looking on the grey market, I think.
  - gumby 6y ago
    I really doubt Apple is able to police the supply chain that leads to the check out counter of a convenience or even grocery store. There's no way to know that the MFI logo on the box is legit or not.
    - earthboundkid 6y ago
      I don’t know how successful they are, but the whole point of MFI is to give Apple the ability to send the USG after you if you use the logo without permission. I mean, there are also fake Rolexes and fake Gucci bags, but those are the exception because the companies mostly do a good job of suing the violators.
smt88 6y ago
Your sense of security is a false one. Apple recently voided the warrnty on three devices, after accusing me of using uncertified cables. I have never owned devices as buggy and temperamental as iPhones/iPads, and I absolutely hate that Apple gaslights me when I need to repair them.

rasz 6y ago

>grocery store checkout-lane Lightning charging cable is how you burn your Tristar in the best case scenario, and a House if you are unlucky https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/gma-investigates-inexpensive-lightning-cables-harm-phone-54920478 https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/gma-investig... https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj34z5/why-counterfeit-lightning-cables-kill-iphones-cheap-iphone-chargers https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj34z5/why-counterfeit-light... 'Jessa Jones, owner of iPad Rehab in Honeoye Falls' cited above is a legend https://www.youtube.com/c/Mendonipadrehab/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/Mendonipadrehab/videos

chrisseaton 6y ago
Those seem to be about fake cables though, not genuine Lightning cables?
- vlovich123 6y ago
  OP never said if he bought a legitimate Apple cable or a third party one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen genuine cables in these kinds of shops even when I travel to Europe but that could still be a locale thing.

newscracker 6y ago

If that's a third party cable, you did take some risk on your iPhone. Third party cables and chargers (made with cheap components and poor design) may not function as expected or can be harmful to the device and to you (or people around you), at worst.

earthboundkid 6y ago
Apple keeps a pretty tight lid on MFI though, right? As long as the box has MFI on it, it's probably legit, unless you're really looking on the grey market, I think.
- gumby 6y ago
  I really doubt Apple is able to police the supply chain that leads to the check out counter of a convenience or even grocery store. There's no way to know that the MFI logo on the box is legit or not.
  - earthboundkid 6y ago
    I don’t know how successful they are, but the whole point of MFI is to give Apple the ability to send the USG after you if you use the logo without permission. I mean, there are also fake Rolexes and fake Gucci bags, but those are the exception because the companies mostly do a good job of suing the violators.

smt88 6y ago

Your sense of security is a false one. Apple recently voided the warrnty on three devices, after accusing me of using uncertified cables. I have never owned devices as buggy and temperamental as iPhones/iPads, and I absolutely hate that Apple gaslights me when I need to repair them.