Best deals on lightning cables?

smokey982

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I'm needing to buy a few extra lightning cables and was curious if there were any deals out there. I thought I remembered reading something in a thread a while back that only apple cables would work properly. Is that correct? If that's the case I would assume apple sets the pricing on them like they do the phones and iPods so their probably the same price anywhere you go? Anybody tried any 3rd party cables with any success?

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robk299

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• Dec 19, 2012

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There are cheap non-apple ones on eBay.

 

meStevo

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• Dec 19, 2012

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Yeah, need to look into this myself. Wife getting an iPod Nano for Christmas. With an off-center lightning connector isn't the adapter going to look ridiculous on it too?

 

smokey982

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robk299 said:

There are cheap non-apple ones on eBay.

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So the non-apple cables work without any issues? I could have swore I read somewhere that the non-apple cables and adapters would not work, or maybe cause issues with the devices.

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• Dec 19, 2012

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I got two of these (They were only $25 last week on Amazon) and they do work.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AECV0EO/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00

 

tbenning

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• Dec 19, 2012

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I have ordered 6 generic ones from DX.com. They have worked flawlessly for both charging and synching. I've used this site for years to get really inexpensive iPhone cases/cables/screen protectors. The shipping is painfully slow... it is free shipping from Hong Kong/China. But prices are unbeatable.
[url]http://dx.com/p/usb-sync-data-charging-lightning-cable-for-iphone-5-white-100cm-163395 [/URL]

 

SatelliteAV

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• Dec 20, 2012

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The non Apple adapters will not work with the audio docking devices. They work fine for charging or data transfer.

Ended up going to the Apple store and shelling out over $100 for adapters to once again have music via the car stereo, and several iHome products at work / home. :rant:

 

smokey982

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My wife's car has a USB connector built into the glove compartment. So the generic cables should work fine with it shouldn't it? Just plug cable into USB?

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DodgerKing

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• Dec 20, 2012

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SatelliteAV said:

The non Apple adapters will not work with the audio docking devices. They work fine for charging or data transfer.

Ended up going to the Apple store and shelling out over $100 for adapters to once again have music via the car stereo, and several iHome products at work / home. :rant:

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I have third party adapters that work fine with my iDevices. Spent between $1 and $20 for things that normally run between $20 and $100.

 

Poke

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• Dec 20, 2012

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Might check out monoprice see what they have.

http://www.monoprice.com/

 

stimpson

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• Dec 20, 2012

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smokey982 said:

My wife's car has a USB connector built into the glove compartment. So the generic cables should work fine with it shouldn't it? Just plug cable into USB?

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Yes

 

jrp

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• Dec 20, 2012

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Poke said:

Might check out monoprice see what they have.

http://www.monoprice.com/

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I've checked monoprice regularly. I don't believe, to date, they have anything Lightning.

 

jrp

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• Dec 20, 2012

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SkiKing said:

I have third party adapters that work fine with my iDevices. Spent between $1 and $20 for things that normally run between $20 and $100.

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Are these for Lightning? If so, where did you get them?

 

DodgerKing

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• Dec 20, 2012

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jrp said:

Are these for Lightning? If so, where did you get them?

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No lightning yet. I was just talking about other adapters in general.

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robk299

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• Dec 23, 2012

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There's a good deal through Google offers:

https://www.google.com/offers/m#details/9a523aafb5bab195/9QZLAO9BRVWUBCEU/vod

For $15+$6.99 shipping, you get a lightning cable, a wall adapter, and your choice of a 30 pin block adapter or the cable adapter. So basically, for the price of a lightning cable, you also get an adapter for your 30 pin device.

It does not say if it's an apple cable, but at that price, I doubt it is.