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Apple Warns Of Counterfeit Power Adapters and Batteries Following Lawsuit (9to5mac.com)
Following a lawsuit revealed back in October in which Apple exposed an issue with a large percentage of fake Apple adapters being marketed as "genuine" online, today the company has posted an official warning to customers. From a report on 9to5Mac: The message, posted on the front page of the company's support webpage, warns customers that counterfeit power adapters and batteries could pose safety issues. The company also offers customers that might have had a recent battery replacement the option to bring in their devices to an Apple Store or authorized service provider to check if the battery is genuine.
This is what happens when you outsource manufacturing to China.
Also, watch out for Amazon. Are there currently problems with counterfeits getting into the stream when fulfilled by Amazon? Or is it just their affiliates?
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...their customers this wouldn't be such a problem. I know, then they wouldn't be Apple. My cat chewed through my power cord one fine morning, I was able to fix it but forget about coiling it up and throwing it in my laptop bag anymore. A new one is $70. That's nuts. Are there any quality third-party vendors? I'm guessing patents on the mag-safe connector means NO.
And it seems like the reaming is just getting worse.
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Buying those counterfeit products could endanger our profit!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Want to bet that those "counterfeit" products come from the same assembly line as the "genuine" ones?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Those counterfeit adapters always have cables that keep fraying.
Oh wait.... those are Apple's own expensive adapters fraying...
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There is a reason some of those items are pricey. A well designed power supply includes large capacitors and a good heat sink and margin of errors and safeties for out of spec components, brownouts or spikes. There is also space on the circuit boards so the line voltage of 110/220VAC doesn't become part of the rest of the circuit.
Some of these counterfeits actually run components that are underpowered (e.g. a 3A regulator will often do 5A as long as you have thermal capacity), are simply removing capacitors and fuses to save costs. Also they often put up UL certificates without owning them and have traces that are both too thin and too close so as to become a safety issue under stressed conditions.
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