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> Apple invented the modern slab-of-glass smartphone industry, and always shipped a high-quality charger and headphones with the iPhone Rechargeable portable e

> Apple invented the modern slab-of-glass smartphone industry, and always shipped a high-quality charger and headphones with the iPhone Rechargeable portable electronics always came with chargers, long before iPod or iPhone came around

raldi 5y ago
"High-quality" is the focus of that sentence.
- spacemanmatt 5y ago
  Apple didn't invent high quality
  - raldi 5y ago
    Nobody claimed they did.
- blablabla123 5y ago
  Yeah yeah, I also wanted to say... So far I repaired 1 charger, bought 3 or 4 new and eventually even found out that an iPhone charger I have is likely to have an electrical problem. That said, with the USB-C craze I think things got a little better
- echelon 5y ago
  Every single Apple charger/cable I've ever had has frayed or gotten close to it, FWIW. I'm not mistreating them. My ancient Thinkpad chargers are doing fine and they see lots of use. They're thick and ugly, with the cables themselves almost as big as the old barrel jack connectors, but they still feel safe and reliable. Heck, my old Nintendo DS chargers are still fine too.
  - samatman 5y ago
    I deliberately didn't mention the cables, and I'm happy to slag on their quality with you. Glad they finally did the right thing and separate the chargers, which are excellent, from the cables, which are.. white. They're also spec-compliant, which matters more and more with Thunderbolt and the like, but I find that any other reputable cable is also spec-compliant, and is going to last me about three times as long. I do mistreat them, to be clear, but at that price I should get away with it.
- xadhominemx 5y ago
  Are the Apple chargers high quality, though? They are compact, true.
  - mwint 5y ago
    Apple’s chargers have long been known as over-engineered in safety and reliability, e.g. not catching fire, dealing with “dirty” power better than most, etc. Look up Big Clive’s videos on them.
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raldi 5y ago

"High-quality" is the focus of that sentence.

spacemanmatt 5y ago
Apple didn't invent high quality
- raldi 5y ago
  Nobody claimed they did.
blablabla123 5y ago
Yeah yeah, I also wanted to say... So far I repaired 1 charger, bought 3 or 4 new and eventually even found out that an iPhone charger I have is likely to have an electrical problem. That said, with the USB-C craze I think things got a little better
echelon 5y ago
Every single Apple charger/cable I've ever had has frayed or gotten close to it, FWIW. I'm not mistreating them. My ancient Thinkpad chargers are doing fine and they see lots of use. They're thick and ugly, with the cables themselves almost as big as the old barrel jack connectors, but they still feel safe and reliable. Heck, my old Nintendo DS chargers are still fine too.
- samatman 5y ago
  I deliberately didn't mention the cables, and I'm happy to slag on their quality with you. Glad they finally did the right thing and separate the chargers, which are excellent, from the cables, which are.. white. They're also spec-compliant, which matters more and more with Thunderbolt and the like, but I find that any other reputable cable is also spec-compliant, and is going to last me about three times as long. I do mistreat them, to be clear, but at that price I should get away with it.
xadhominemx 5y ago
Are the Apple chargers high quality, though? They are compact, true.
- mwint 5y ago
  Apple’s chargers have long been known as over-engineered in safety and reliability, e.g. not catching fire, dealing with “dirty” power better than most, etc. Look up Big Clive’s videos on them.
- deleted 5y ago
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