Good charger for iPad Air?

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avi said:
:eek: really? how the hell iOS 7 will detect the power source
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I think he meant cable. They detect if it is unauthorized and prevent you from charging the phone. It is Apple, they will go great lengths to ensure you buy what they want you to buy.

An year or so back, I read an article on why apple charges premium for their chargers and they showed how much better quality their chargers are compared to the counterfeit ones.
I for one would not risk my expensive gadget with a substandard charger.
Buy original or at least a very good company which is sort of authorized.
 
I had this small iPhone cube charger at my home (threw away now). I had got that from ebay.com for something like 2-3$ and what used to happen is that when i connected that charger to charge any iPhone (tried with 3GS/4/4S) the touchscreen would stop functioning. Yeah that would happen.
As soon as charger was disconnected, touchscreen functionality resumed. I don't think it was because of the OS detecting that counterfeit charger but the charger itself being so bad that it used to mess up the touchscreen.
Threw it away immediately.
 
raksrules said:
An year or so back, I read an article on why apple charges premium for their chargers and they showed how much better quality their chargers are compared to the counterfeit ones.
I for one would not risk my expensive gadget with a substandard charger.
Buy original or at least a very good company which is sort of authorized.
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This one? http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html

and this is to detect counterfeits http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.vi...herTestedPSUs.html#Apple_iPhone_Charger_A1399
 
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I knew mine was counterfeit. Selling for $3 on ebay is obviously not original and i still bought it. But the way it messed up the touchscreen i was bit scared to damage the phones so better sense prevailed and i threw the charger.

I suggest buy the original for peace of mind.
 
techno_funky said:
Oh, this is news to me. But are such chargers available, especially in India.
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I would suggest one to go to an authorised reseller to buy them. Don't buy from random shops or ebay etc where they claim it is OEM genuine and such. Mind you it will be expensive so be ready to shell out money. We know apple is greedy and wants our money. But I personally firmly believe that the quality is top notch so i would anyway buy it if i wanted one.
I have many a times made mistake buying cheap substandard stuff (not only wrt to chargers) and repent and then bought a higher quality one which was although expensive but served (and still serves) me well.
 
raksrules said:
I would suggest one to go to an authorised reseller to buy them. Don't buy from random shops or ebay etc where they claim it is OEM genuine and such. Mind you it will be expensive so be ready to shell out money. We know apple is greedy and wants our money. But I personally firmly believe that the quality is top notch so i would anyway buy it if i wanted one.
I have many a times made mistake buying cheap substandard stuff (not only wrt to chargers) and repent and then bought a higher quality one which was although expensive but served (and still serves) me well.
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Indeed but anyways I've seen the reseller push original apple chargers to you. With the money that goes into buying an apple device I wouldn't dare scrimp on just a charger cable.
 
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