You definitely won't damage your device by charging it with an older USB A lightning charger. The same goes for power banks which use USB A ports. It's all absolutely safe to use. The newer adaptors and cables simply offer significantly greater speed delivered safely. Apple can vouch for its own adaptors so they may offer a greater degree of safety. They have a certification called MFI for third party accessories. If a power bank or cable has this certification, Apple has vouched them safe to use with their iPhones or iPads. It's really not all about greed on Apple's part. They genuinely feel they offer a better charging system. More likely, that it was a better system until fairly recently. At this point though, similar to the fate of the technically superior Betamax video tapes, the USB C standard has simply gained market dominance. I think Apple will have to bow to the inevidable and give up on Lightning charging withing perhaps the next three iterations of iPhone at the longest. I have one USB C adaptor and USB C to Lightning cable. They're at my desk where I think it most likely that I'll need speedy charging. I have my older Lightning chargers and cables everywhere else. Although I very much like Magsafe, I can't use it with the case I picked. The Apple Magsafe clear cases really don't give me confidence that they offer much protection at all. In the end, my desire for actual protection won out and I went with a Supcase Unicorn Beetle case for my new iPhone 13. I have a third party wireless charging pad which I still find convenient if somewhat more fidly to get the iPhone in the right position. It is able to charge through the protective case allowing me to use my Lightning port for earpods.
On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 1:36 AM Arnold Schmidt <als5...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is only my opinion, but I'll bet, over time, the battery life would > be longer if it were charged with a usb charger, rather than the faster u s > b c charger. Heat is the big enemy of these batteries, so the more slowly > they are charged, the better. But Apple does not want their competition to > have fast charging capability and they don't have it, or if only they have > it, they can use the fact that they have it as a selling point, it is all > about the dollar, you know. Besides, if fast charging ends up shortening > the battery's life, they get to sell more batteries. Whatever. > > Arnold Schmidt > > > Sent from Arnold's iPhone S E 2 > > On Oct 9, 2021, at 11:27 PM, kitty hevener <kheve...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Charles, I recently heard a consumer news tip where the person was really > testing to see if the USB c block really did charge faster than the USB a > one. He was using one of the more recent Iphones and said nothing about > the A blocks possibly damaging the battery. In fact, he charged the phone > with the USB a block and noted that it was slower than the c one. He led > me to believe that they really both will work fine, one's just a little > faster.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Paula Jordan > Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 10:05 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Charging iPhone 13 Mini > > I just bought my iphone 13 mini and was told the same thing. I went ahead > and bought the usBC recommended charging block. > God bless! > Paula and the pups > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Charles Spicer > Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 12:05 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Charging iPhone 13 Mini > > Hello, I hope everyone is safe and well. When I purchased my iPhone > 13 mini the representative told me that it is not recommended to use the > charging block and cables that we all have from buying prior iPhones. She > advised that it may damage the battery and it is recommended to use the new > charging block and cables with the USBC connection. > Has anyone heard this and do you agree with only using the new charging > blocks and cables to charge iPhone 13? > Thank you! > Charles > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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