Apple has just closed an investigation that has been open for several weeks in China, and it is that a significant increase in failures in the batteries of iPhone 6 devices was being detected, in fact, here we have echoed on occasion of the explosion of these devices that led to the opening of the investigation. It seems that Apple has found the cause of these problems and it is not precisely the company's engineers, According to the researchers, the exponential increase in the use of "unofficial" chargers in the company's devices is causing these battery failures.
It is true that Apple chargers are expensive, we are not going to fool ourselves, in the same way that Apple cables are not only expensive, but they are also quite flimsy. This time, the use of an original charger is more than justified, since the security mechanisms and the quality of the materials used go far beyond what we can find in the famous chargers of third-party Chinese companies that are offered to the public in a price range infinitely lower than that found in official products from Apple.
- Appleinsider has received leaks this morning about these chargers, bought for a paltry amount of $ 0,50 in China and which has vitiated the batteries of the devices, so that they ended up turning off when they still had 50% or 60% battery . These batteries have suffered charges with connection problems, which has caused an error in the meters and the chips that they include to control the drain of the same. It is not the first controversy in this regard, Google recently came to the fore to report that the ultra cheap USB-C cables that we can find in Amazon could cause serious problems in the batteries of Google Pixel devices. Taking care of our device involves much more than putting a cover on it, and skimping on the battery charge when we have paid up to € 700 for such a phone, it is an attitude as illogical as it is irresponsible, remember to always use MFi devices.
Why are these "fake chargers so dangerous?"
On the outside they may seem practically the same, but the secret is on the inside, as they would say in Telepizza: "The secret is in the dough". And that is where the problem lies, you can buy fake chargers from three euros on Amazon without any worry, the difference sings as soon as you open them. These knockoff chargers supposedly have the certification seals, but many times they are imitations, that do not have any type of quality guarantee and that can be very expensive, the specialist Ken Shirriff already warned that there is no way that these fake chargers can pass any safety test.
To begin with, they usually have half the output power of the originals, with peaks and alterations when sending the energy that it is what definitely causes battery vice and reading errors when using the device, which ends up causing the iPhone or iPad to turn off when it supposedly still has available charge.
Most of these chargers do not have the consequent resistances, they use less to save on components, but not everything is here, on many other occasions they do not respect the distances between components or include temperature sensors, these sensors are essential for the charger to stop the conduction of electrical energy in the event of a possible excess of temperature and prevent the device from burning on the spot. Therefore, we should all be equally responsible, We found many Belkin chargers or other brands, cheaper than the original Apple ones but also MFi certified, which means that Apple fully relies on these devices to be marketed and used. You're not doing it just because of the device, but because an explosion could cause irreparable personal injury.
Lower the prices of chargers and cables so that consumers buy the originals. Apple has to stop being so pesky mainly for this type of accessories.
Apple really cares little that you use fake chargers, it will break the battery in the best of cases and we will have to buy another one.
In the worst case, we will set fire to the house to save € 5.
A few years ago with the Samsung Galaxy S5 that I had, I gave it to a relative, he lost the charger and bought a charger on eBay, it was the same on the outside, it was not distinguished from the original, at the same time he told me that he had bought two batteries for the mobile because they swelled and they spoiled, the third battery in the store was sold a charger and it was not of the brand but if one more expensive than the ebay ones and never had problems again, maybe you can skimp on a cable but not on a charger, with a Chinese one cheap ebay will damage the battery but sure, I saw a report about this and the electrical output between the original and the fake was not the same, the wave in the meter with the fake oscillates a lot out of range, I don't buy the original buy one cheaper brand in a store and with that to date without problems, do not buy a Chinese one on ebay because they are the same on the outside but it will spoil the battery apart from the fact that it may burst.