After a time when we have only had the Official Apple Lightning to USB C cables to buy if we did not want to risk with our iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac, now the Cupertino company will open the ban on third-party manufacturers so that they can implement the MFi certificate that means that the cable is certified for our devices and we will have no problems with them.
Thus, the certification of this type of cables in third-party manufacturers guarantees us safety when using them, something that does not usually happen with some cables that do not have this certification and that could burn or damage our devices. Now the Cupertino company will facilitate this certification to various manufacturers of these cables.
We have all used cables without MFi certification, but their thing is to only use the ones that have it
And it is that we risk a lot to suffer overheating problems in the iPhone, iPad or Mac, in addition to possible problems that even damage the battery. As I say, we have all used cables from "the Chinese" and our iPhone is fine, but with what these teams cost it is better not to risk. Now what more manufacturers will have the MFi certification we will be able to choose the one that suits us best.
The 18W chargers that will arrive for the iPhone and that they charge faster have had an impact on this decision by Apple and with this we will surely see the USB A port disappear from the iOS device chargers, since for Mac we already have the chargers with USB C implemented. Be that as it may, everything indicates that by summer 2019 all Apple chargers and cables will be USB C, some of them Lightning to USB C and others USB C to USB C to connect to chargers. At the moment Apple's official Lightning to USB C cable has a price on the company's website of 25 euros or 39 euros for the 2 m long model.