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Authentic lead or not?

I believe the lead should have a 12 digit serial, it looks good otherwise, but out of curiosity I’m sure I count 13 digits, see attached picture

Also the box looked excellent until I saw double sided tape sealing the bottom of the box 🙄

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Posted on Nov 14, 2017 10:02 AM

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Nov 14, 2017 10:15 AM in response to Dumdumspl

This article explains in detail how to identify counterfeit Lightning cables:


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204566


Provided it‘s still up to date, the serial number should indeed have 12 digits, not 13. i recommend you take a closer look at the lightning connector itself - it seems to be relatively hard to build a cheap knockoff of this connector that looks and works just like the original... So do compare its details with the pics in the above article.

Nov 14, 2017 10:59 AM in response to Tim Lorenzen

It looks bang on, no seams, gold usb contacts, the two joiny squares are perfect even... bought it as a genuine 2m cable bit like I say serial number seems to have 13 digits as per pic, before I claim my money back through eBay I decided to ask the question of people on here, the double sided tape kinda looked rubbish and not stuck neat like I’d expect??

Authentic lead or not?

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