When you visit any of the Apple stores, whether official or authorized dealers, you will find a large number of cables sold and bear the MFi logo, as well as Apple always advises its customers to use original accessories and do not say accessories from Apple, but we see in their conferences talking about chargers for companies such as Belkin and Givern. The secret is that these products are MFi certified by Apple. So what is this accreditation?
Many people may think that the word MFi is an abbreviation of the phrase "Made for iPhone", but the truth is otherwise. In 2005, Apple announced a certification called MFi, and the letter i at the time symbolized the iPod. This dependence concerns any connections to the device, whether you connect to it from the "old iPhone cable at the time" or the audio port. Over the years, MFi certification has evolved to include gaming devices and other products. And Apple really started not to develop from the materials of its accessories and we started to see MFi cables that are more powerful than the original Apple cable and a lot of different accessories.
In order for any company to get MFi accreditation, it corresponds to Apple, and after multiple stages, Apple approves the company, but this does not mean that it can produce directly, but that before submitting any product, it must send the production plan, design and even packaging to Apple, and then Apple approves the product to issue an order to manufacture and among these The standards use a specific MFi chip and standards for the internal cable that carries current and data. But Apple does not require the shape of the cable, its length, or the quality of the external materials, that is, it can produce a 10 cm or 300 cm cable. The company is free. So, as we mentioned, we saw the highest cables stronger than the original because it was made internally by Apple standards and externally with stronger materials than used in Apple, such as Kevlar, for example in cables.
MFi products from Apple are characterized by being affordable. Of course, they are more expensive than the unknown cables available in the market, but at the same time they are usually cheaper than the original (Apple gets a fee for the MFi products sold). So many Asian factories offer production of unknown cables and write that they are certified by Apple. So Apple has dedicated the (this link) To enable you to identify the cable.
To know whether or not the MFi product is really approved by Apple, visit the previous link and conduct a search, and it will appear as follows:
The previous image shows the search results and shows in detail the company name, product name, model number, EAN and type.
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