It is more expensive but it is worth the price. Moral of the story? Buy the Apple charger. But trust me, Apple associates know their products and they will be able to tell the difference. If looking quickly at both chargers, it is almost impossible to see these differences or spot them off the top of your head, unless you are a professional. Lastly, the white part of the chargers are not the same size, and the fake charger’s icon is gray while the one on the left is white. Also the inside of the apple charger gives off some gold color as you can see, which the charger on the right does not have. One is a fake charger and the other is an Apple original. They seem pretty similar but take a closer look. iPhone Chargers: Fake vs OriginalĪs you can see in this photo there are two chargers displayed. If you are curious here are the few differences between the chargers, which may or may not be limited to what will be listed below. Apple associates are paying close attention to these details, so don’t think you can buy a cheap charger and easily replace it with the original iPhone charger when it breaks. Since a lot of “China Cheapies” as many like to call them, make almost identical chargers to the original chargers. Lots of Apple stores have become very strict in replacing new iPhone chargers as well. You spend $20, but that is $20 you are spending for a whole year of guaranteed charger usage. So my advice, after experimenting with both – is that you get what you pay for. Those break a lot more frequently, and may cost less INITIALLY when you are spending money – but comparing within a one-year time frame, you will be spending more money on those cheapies over time. If we were to go back to the cheap $5-10 chargers. You get a one-year warranty and you can exchange for a new charger an unlimited number of times (with a receipt of course) until the one year is over.
This is where $20 is WORTH it when you buy from Apple. And that my friends, is where the math plays in. Which means… even if your charger breaks or starts to malfunction several months into usage, you can go ahead and exchange it for a brand new Apple charger. Apple chargers come with a one-year warranty. Every time you buy an Apple charger – keep that receipt. Now, the original Apple charger may last a little longer than the cheap chargers, but I am going to let you in on a little secret not many know about. But If you were to do the math, and calculate how many cheap chargers you have bought, how long they lasted you and how many times you had to rebuy because they broke so fast- you would see the math is higher than the price of an original iPhone charger. But- tell me, how long do those chargers last for? How fast do they break? You may also be saying “Hey, that’s okay it was only $5, I’ll just go ahead and buy another $5 charger.” Yes, I may agree with you, because that is something I once used to do. Short term, it may seem like buying $5-$10 chargers are such a great idea and you save all this money.
But for the majority of people- most are always trying to find ways to save money. They do not care that they spend $20 or more on a charger and buying a cheapie brand never even crosses their mind. If it breaks it is not that big of a deal, right? Some people may beg to differ and disagree with you and this is why.įor some people, money is not an issue at all. I mean, if there is a charger on sale for $5 why not buy it? It’s only five bucks. Maybe even your local TJ Maxx has a great clearance sale going on. So what do a lot of people tend to do? They will try to save some money and get cheaper priced chargers.
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