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Hello, is there any difference between the A1205 iPod/iPhone USB power adapter supplied with iPhone 3GS and A1400, the simplier and uglier one supplied with iPhone 5s?
I mean, can i use the older one to charge my iPhone 5s?
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4, 16GB Gold
Regarding the cable no, it has changed to a thunderbolt cable. But the power adapter is the same and can still be used with any adapter.
Was wondering why Apple would have done it? Why changing the old solid design to the chinese looking one with the newer phones....
The new lightning port on the newer iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch take up less space on the device allowing Apple to manufacture the newer devices thinner. An advantage of the lightning cable design is that it lets you insert the cable into your iOS device in any orientation. Unlike the standard micro-USB connector and even Apple's 30-pin port, you don't have to eye the port and line up the sides to make the cable fit.
Apple's Lightning connector also can carry up to 12W of power, which is plenty to charge either an iPhone or an iPad (when paired with an iPad 2A charger), just as you could do with the 30-pin cable. This is quite different from the micro-USB connector world of Android devices; there is no standard for conventional USB that supports more than 9W. This means complications for tablets that need 10W; either they need proprietary chargers or they charge at the 5W rate.
I can't understand why are we talking about the LIGHTING connector and LIGHTING cable when my question was regarding the USB power ADAPTER. Just about that. No matter what cable you plug in, the pre-lighting one or the lighting.
Thank you for your reply though...
If the thing you plug into your mains socket pumps out 5 volts at 1 amp or so, it will work. What cables with whatever connectors you plug into it is up to you. If it's USB at one end and a matching connector to your phone at the other end, it should work.
The first reply.
"Regarding the cable no, it has changed to a thunderbolt cable. But the power adapter is the same and can still be used with any adapter."
And your response.
"Was wondering why Apple would have done it? Why changing the old solid design to the chinese looking one with the newer phones...."
How has the current power adaptor changed significantly from the 3GS power adaptor? The only thing that has changed significantly is the cable.
Allan Sampson wrote:
"Was wondering why Apple would have done it? Why changing the old solid design to the chinese looking one with the newer phones...."
How has the current power adaptor changed significantly from the 3GS power adaptor? The only thing that has changed significantly is the cable.
Seriously....
That isn't what the power adaptor included with my 3GS looked like.
It looked like this, which I still have and use.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2008/09/19/apple-recalls-millions-of-iphone-3g-power -adapters/
Looks identical to the power adaptor included with my personal iPhone 4S, iPhone 5S, and business iPhone 5.
http://www.apple.com/power-adapters/
What country are you from?
iPhone 3GS power adapter vs iPhone 5s power adapter
