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How to differentiate fake from real 18w usb c power adapter

I bought an 18w usb C charger for a very cheap price......em curious if its fake

iPhone 11, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 2, 2020 12:04 AM

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Posted on Sep 5, 2020 10:43 AM

can you tell if this is real?

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Oct 17, 2020 9:26 AM in response to rainart222

A good counterfeit cannot be distinguished externally from a “real” Apple device. The only way to be sure is to buy it from a reliable source. This isn’t to say that there are no easily identifiable counterfeits, only that a visible inspection isn’t proof either way. See this video, for example—>2 counterfeit iPhone adapter video. One of the chargers is obviously a counterfeit, but the other looks like a real Apple charger until a teardown shows that it is a counterfeit. Which is why you can’t really tell from the markings.

Oct 17, 2020 9:31 AM in response to Lpena93

Lpena93 wrote:

Could be, or just a different or early model. If it works and charges your phone to about 50% in 30min, works just like a real one.

That’s a very dangerous assumption to make. Charging your phone does not prove that it isn’t physically dangerous to you if it doesn’t have proper input/output isolation, or that it won’t destroy the charger chip in the phone if its voltage regulation isn’t good. See the two teardown videos I posted above.

How to differentiate fake from real 18w usb c power adapter

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