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675 of 687 people found the following review helpful.
Different Amazon vendors give dissimilar cables! Cellular 5 Star gave best. Importer520 cables were okay. Item44less were worst
By E. Kim
I equated the cable I received with my basi iPhone 4 and 3 cables. I can not tell any deviations other than a somewhat dissimilar feel of the rubber/plastic material along the cable length, which by the way likewise is different amidst my authenti Apple iphone 4 and 3 cables. Another reviewer posted pictures on Amazon in which the cable in question appeared to have a more or less wider or larger connectors, but mine are identical in size, and appearance.
I am very happy with this buy and will buy various more.
ADDENDUM April 20, 2011
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After my initial outstanding experience with the cable (that I ordered from Amazon's merchant Cellular 5 Star), I ordered 3 more cables, and did not realize that the "default" merchandiser had changed to Importer520. I just received these 3 cables and they look similar to authenti Apple cables at quick glance, but on closer inspection, they all had surface blemishes and slight irregularities. They also had a distrustful looking "Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China" stamped on the cable length.
The cable from Cellular 5 Star was of very good quality that I could NOT distinguish from authenti Apple cables, but the ones from Importer520 are somewhat inferior. The feel of the cable length material is good though, in that it is supple. It will coil and uncoil without keeping the bent shape.
I have contacted Importer520 to see if I may get a refund, but their stated return policy states that they will not refund shipping costs, which when I ordered was closely all the buy price.
ADDENDUM June 16, 2011
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I purchased another "OEM" cable, this time from Item44Less and this cable is the worst of the bunch. The length of the cable is made out of a rigid plastic that does not bend like the more supple rubber-like material of the authenti Apple cables or even from Cellular 5 Star or Importer520.
ADDENDUM September 2, 2011
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I purchased another "OEM" cable, this time from C and J Accessories, which genuinely qualifies for Amazon Prime since their order feeling of satisfaction is through Amazon. This cable is without doubt or question not authentic with the end that connects to the iPhone being larger by with regards to 0.5 mm width and length. The other Amazon merchants cables were identical to design, but differed in quality. This cable in truth is different in it is design with it is wider and thicker connector end. The length of the cable is also more plastic than a flexible rubber, equated to authentic Apple cables. I would say this is almost as bad as Item44Less.
ADDENDUM September 19, 2011
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I purchased a cable from Niceeshop and it looks authenti except that the cable length material is not as supple as the authenti Apple cables. The cable length material is not as rigid as the Item44Less cable, but more inflexible (retaining bends) than the Importer520 cables.
SUMMARY (Ranked in order of sameness to an authentic Apple cable)
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1. Cellular 5 Star cables are the best and indistinguishable from my authenti Apple iPhone cables.
2. Importer520 is acceptable, but somewhat inferior to Cellular 5 Star with galore cosmetic blemishes. The cable length is made out of a high quality material.
3. Niceeshop is acceptable, but the cable length is not as supple as the Cellular 5 Star or Importer520.
4. C and J Accessories, though it qualifies for Amazon Prime, has it is iPhone connector end as larger than the authentic one with a for less cable length material.
5. I would keep out of the way of Item44Less because of the rigid plastic cable material that does not bend and keeps the angular bent formation from it is coiled position for the duration of shipping. The cable length material is the lowest quality (i.e. most plastic like) equated to the above four competitors.
242 of 253 humans found the following review helpful.
Not an "Apple" cable but VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE! (see my pics for full visual comparison made 4/1/11)
By Christopher Barton
I browsed Amazon for weeks teetering amongst regarding 3 dissimilar vendors for my alternate dock cables for charging/syncing my iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 160Gig iPod Classic. I found these cables to be the least costly of the ones with predominately "good" reviews. There were a few persons who said they got the "real thing" when they ordered the cables as "OEM Apple cables", a few people who said the cables were good but not "OEM Apple" quality, and in the long run there were a few who said to "stay away from these cables" because they tore up easily. I figured I'd probability it and order them. I am VERY PLEASED that I did. I ordered the cables 3/29/11 and was given a forecasted deliverance date of 4/4 to 4/7/11. I received the cables today (4/1/11). VERY SPEEDY SHIPPING!!!! The cables were sent by way of USPS in a little brown envelope that was coated inside with bubble wrap. The cables were coiled up, much as any person would coil a dock connector cable for storage with plastic wraps that were similar to the style wraps for the cables that come with all new Apple products. I was curious but kind of dreading opening the package because I just knew these cables would not fit my iPhone 4 with the bumper like just almost each other "after market" cable I've seen. I was PLEASANTLY SURPRISED when I saw the design of these cables. They are as close to being "OEM Apple" cables as I've ever seen without actually being "Apple cables". They fit snugly in all of my iDevices, charge the 4, 3GS, and Classic with NO ISSUES. I tested the sync speed of the cable and found it rivals the speed of the most recent "Apple cable" that was included with my iPhone 4 buy back in July 2010. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE CABLES!!!! If you're an iPhone 4 proprietor who uses a bumper, GET THESE CABLES!!! THEY WORK!!! I've also taken "comparison" pictures and posted them to the "user pictures" on this item's display. Hope my review is helpful and thanks to every one who writes these reviews and to everyone who reads them. Together we may support each other make sure we get what we recompense for!
Brandon (Shreveport, LA)
***(More to come on their durability after I've applied them a couple of months)***
***UPDATE 8/28/11***
Got these cables closely 5 months ago, one connects to my iMac, one to my wall charger, one to my XP machine at work, and one connects to my car charger. All are working and none have staged any issues so far. A friend was looking for similar cables but purchased them from a dissimilar vendor and found they didn't fit his iPhone 4 bumper. I thought on it a bit and found an magnificent resolution. Just get an emery board (flexible fingernail file) and file down the edges of the 30 pin connector. PRESTO it fits now! SO if the vendor does modify the type of cable that is being shipped and you get one that doesn't rather fit the iPhone 4 bumper, I may tell you (from experience) that it will not hurt to file the 30 pin connector to fit the bumper. Hope the review and this update are still helpful to humans looking for new charge/sync cables.
***UPDATE 3/25/12***
Had the cables closely a whole year now and still going strong. I haven't checked this post in a while now but I noticed there were a great deal of questions regarding sync speed. My basi Apple cable for my iPhone in the end went out on me so I substituted it with one of these. I sync to a Mac, I have a 32GB iPhone 4, and I keep a lot of stuff on my phone. If I erase it and have to sync it from scratch, we're looking a a couple of hours but just moving a few hundred songs around, a good deal of voice memos, pictures and stuff only takes a few minutes. The cables I got were unquestionably USB 2.0 cables. I likewise got one of the new iPads (3rd gen), it's 64GB and I use these cables to sync and charge it with no problems. I'm when it comes to to order a couple of extras for my iPad now and this time, I'll make sure to post the vender I get them from on the update in regards to the new ones. Oh yeah, the cable I use in my car has gotten stepped on, spilled on, heat, cold, moisture, and even slammed in the door a couple of times... still going strong. No breaks, no kinks, no exposed wire at the ends, it's taken a beating for closely a year and still works like a charm. Still highly commend these cables.
140 of 150 people found the following review helpful.
Great Cable without the APPLE price
By Aramis Figueroa
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1RYTSL48DOFBY This video will show you this after market cable. It works great and it is not cheap construction either. Works on my iphone 4 and ipad. Charges great. It is the same size as the OEM cable from regarding which is when it comes to 3ft. Quality I would say they are when it comes to the same.
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