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For a new charger with cable it's £35 from the Apple store - seems a bit excessive but I've had some horror stories with the cheap ones. Anyone selling genuine or high quality ones a bit cheaper or do I just need to bite the bullet and get one with it?
Ta.
Amazon? I have a couple of their AmazonBasics charging cables and they seem pretty robust:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-Apple-Certified-Lightning-Cable/dp/B00FA4Y7N2
Nick
You can proper Apple ones on fleabay for a fraction of the price that Apple want
I wouldn't touch a third-party charger, [i]especially[/i] a look-alike fleaBay one:
http://www.righto.com/2014/05/a-look-inside-ipad-chargers-pricey.html
Just a few minor differences....
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(Left is genuine Apple one, right is fleabay "genuine" Apple copy)
You can proper Apple ones on fleabay for a fraction of the price that Apple want
Are they [i]really[/i] proper Apple ones though? I've had one that looked quite convincing that actually exploded.
Thanks nickb - I noticed they have a USB charger too. You would hope something actually branded Amazon might not be explodey.
OP: if your old charger has died then take it into the Apple Store.
They gave us a new one free of charge when we did that.
The Anker chargers are great - 5 ports on this one (so great for USB-charged lights, etc too).
Lightning cables - the cheap ones are terrible. Genuine Apple, or Belkin if you must go third-party.
Can't you just use any mains socket USB charger and plug the Apple cable in? If so, just get something like a Belkin charge and plug the Apple cable in.
Or is there some kind of electronickery that stops you doing this?
I know my ancient shuffle could be charged with any mains USB charger, so long as I plugged the Apple cable into it, to connect it to the multi-pin connector on the Shuffle.
The important part is the charger; the cable slightly less so, although it [i]does[/i] have a chip built in. You can buy cheap Lightning cables, but you [i]will[/i] get an error message saying that it isn't certified and may not work correctly. If all you want is to charge the device, then any USB wall-wart will do the job, try your local Currys/PCWorld, or get a named one from Belkin, Anker, etc, and get a couple of cheap Lightning cables from fleabay/Amazon. It's really important that the bit that goes into the wall is the quality bit, otherwise make sure your smoke alarms all have good batteries in.
I've got a couple of cheap Lightning cables, bought from a place in town that buys and sells electrical stuff, exc, exp, something like that, cost me £8 each. They seem to work fine, despite giving error messages.
I'd rather have that than waking up choking in a smoke-filled room.
If you are looking USB then Asda have them for £8 at the moment. I always used to be a pound shop hero for iPhone chargers but then they started making them breaky and exolodey
I'd rather have that than waking up choking in a smoke-filled room.
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-27371854 ]Or worse![/url] 😯
Not sure if the old one is an official one or not. Amazon basics one ordered. Thanks folks.