An apple lightning to usb cable has designed by apple in california and either assembled in china assembled in vietnam or indústria brasileira on the cable about seven inches from the usb connector.
Apple mfi certified lightning cable list.
You enter a brand and it will return a list of that brand s products that are mfi certified.
E g lightning cable battery.
Inside each lightning connector is a tiny authentication chip that tells your device it s apple mfi certified.
The lightning connector that iphones ipods and ipads have been using since 2012 is a proprietary connector created by apple.
Apple mfi means that these cables can be used with complete confidence that they meet or exceed apple s rigorous standards for ios accessories.
Most of the time the low price may itself help you figure out whether the lightning cable is fake or certified.
What are the best lightning cables.
One such product is the 10 foot mfi certified powerline lightning cable 16 99.
The generous 50micron thick gold plating ensures that the connectors will not corrode.
It used to be faster.
Some accessories may have a previous version of the mfi badge.
The cable on the right isn t.
Apple accessories like lightning cables are set to ultra specific standards.
Thankfully finding the apple mfi certified cables are dead simple if only you are not in a hurry.
This is important because non certified or knock off lightning cables can be very dangerous to your device.
Known to take safety and security extremely seriously.
I agree that the tool is a bit obscure in its operation and also slow.
We got to use this cable hands on and it does a great job at charging ios devices.
Certified third party accessories have the mfi badge on their packaging.
An apple lightning to usb cable has designed by apple in california and either assembled in china assembled in vietnam or indústria brasileira on the cable about seven inches from the usb connector.
Mfi licensed accessories once an accessory has completed mfi certification requirements and is reported to apple as sold distributed by the manufacturer it will be searchable in our public database of authorized lightning headset charging and iap based mfi accessories.
They re made at consistent sizes with consistent made for ipodcomponents with smooth perfectly spaced contacts.
The lightning cable on the left is mfi certified.
There are probably more mfi products now.
Apple mfi certified apple mfi certification ensures complete charge and sync compatibility of this 10 ft iphone charger.
If you are curious about a specific product you can search by upc code.
Unlike usb cables all lightning cables need to be identical.
Certified third party accessories have the mfi badge on their packaging.