fucking iPhone 5 cables
biggest single rip off ever.

I am on my 3rd official one from Apple, however when my first one decided to fuck off to the land of all the other Apple cheaply made tat, I decided to purchase a "lightning cable" from Asda.

It worked for 3 weeks. Then that got fucking put out in the garden along with the iron to think about how they had annoyed me and let me down.

Pieces of shite.
( spanishfly is so fucking sexy people impersonate him, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 16:37, 11 replies)

You bought an iPhone, I have no sympathy.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 18:11, closed)

Yeah, like the cables are the single biggest rip off - not the closed Apple system nor the initial price of
iPhones.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 18:54, closed)

Well, there are other makes of internet-capable touchscreen phones.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 19:04, closed)

I bought one of these, they were 99p at the time.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EX4WK3Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Had it three months, not a problem. Get an error message saying it might not be compatible but it charges my phone fine.
( Maffers I flow kinda strange like Spina Bifida footprints, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 21:33, closed)

The reviews do not fill me with confidence
But for a few quid it might be worth a punt, cheers
( spanishfly is so fucking sexy people impersonate him, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 21:52, closed)

I thought I had a run of bad lightning cables.
Turns out the port was just full of pocket fluff. Check for fluff.
( VeryGnawty, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 23:00, closed)

yeah i have tried all this - with an official Apple cable no problem charging...
...until the cable gives up the ghost.

Any other cable from any other manufacturer just works intermittently and then just stops after a few weeks.
( spanishfly is so fucking sexy people impersonate him, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:11, closed)

I thought all phone manufacturers were going to use the same port type for charging/connecting?
I guess Apple missed that memo...

That said, my phones, tablet, and Kindle all work via micro USB.

Don't get me wrong, I like Apple products - used to use various models in the Macintosh range for design work, but IMO anything in the range beginning with 'i' denotes 'idiot'.
( snee held his breath since, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 11:58, closed)

I thought this also, I kind of have high hopes the next iteration of the iPhone will have micro USB
Saying that though i have a new Nexus and that seems dodgy charging too...perhaps its just me.
( spanishfly is so fucking sexy people impersonate him, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 12:57, closed)

Never had any problems with either of mine. Maybe you are just a klutz?
(ianisme, Fri 27 Jun 2014, 12:08, closed)

My friend proudly showed me his micro USB - iPhone5 adapter this week
He says it's made his life infinitely easier
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 1 Jul 2014, 9:50, closed)