Check it out. I just ordered some.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-10-Micro-US...ewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a5cd179db
None of these 3rd party micro USB cable fits Captivate without physically mod them.
True, however they are very easily modded. I just cut mine at an angle with a box cutter. WOrked like a champ.
Yeah I don't mind cutting them. But I heard that the BB microUSB cables fit.
more importantly, what do you need 10 wires for?
Because if this is the new standard then friends will be comming over ask to charge there phone or I misplace cables. I swear in the last few years I have like like 20 MiniUSB cables. Or atleast it feels that way.
why dont they fit? a lil too big?
http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Ca..._1_1?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&qid=1280986721&sr=8-1
$1.69 eligible for super saver shipping/2 day shipping with amazon prime, or $1.89 and free shipping with no minimum purchase (click on "26 used and new from $0.01")
Yes, 10 for $12 is cheaper per cable, but this is better if you only want 1 or 2.
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why dont they fit? a lil too big?
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Yea, the plastic around the connector is a bit big to fit in the recessed hole on the captivate. Not a problem though, a boxcutter cuts the excess plastic away easily.
Monoprice cables are far superior to everything else in terms of value/quality. The wire does in fact work with the captivate, but it doesn't go all the way in.
A minute of course nail file work or a quick swipe of a dull blade to take off the bottom corner will repair that. Super easy to fix and nobody would ever notice.
I think I bought a few gold plated 10' cables with ferrites for around $1.70 ea.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5459&seq=1&format=2
Monoprice always delivers top notch quality at less than the absolute lowest price.
Monoprice = pure love.
Or if you wanna be really cheap, you can go with this one. Its as cheap as your ebay crap but no doubt higher quality: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=1030307&p_id=4867&seq=1&format=2#description
Aight well I got my cables. 1st they are legit Black Berry cables or atleast in BB bags. and they fit in the Captivate with no trimming.
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Aight well I got my cables. 1st they are legit Black Berry cables or atleast in BB bags. and they fit in the Captivate with no trimming.
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I agree no trimming needed, I used my BB micro usb cables with no issues. The rubber around the connectors on those babies are really large too.
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Monoprice always delivers top notch quality at less than the absolute lowest price.
Monoprice = pure love.
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never heard of this site before. thanks for the link. i've always been a newegg guy, guess i might have a new favorite tech supply site. good prices
Typically I get my cables from monoprice, but since this connector is slightly different I decided to get some actual Samsung ones off ebay. They were 2.99 with free shipping... you can find them by searching for "OEM DATA CABLE Samsung Captivate i897 Vibrant T959 new!"
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never heard of this site before. thanks for the link. i've always been a newegg guy, guess i might have a new favorite tech supply site. good prices
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Monoprice doesn't supply everything. Monoprice is absolutely EXCELLENT for WIRES first and foremost, then they produce a slew of other products you might find useful as well. Such as a Digital HD antenna (TV must have digi tuner to use this)...
Beautiful site/company run by absolute saints.
The absolute cheapest and highest quality to ever come outta China
FYI
Meritline has 6 ft cables on sale that are good quality and will work for data and charging. I already have plenty but someone may want to take advantage.
http://www.meritline.com/6-ft-micro...&hq_e=el&hq_m=2025028&hq_l=20&hq_v=5f5c245bc1
Best place for cables hands down is monoprice. 15ft microUSB for $2.02, 3ft for $1 (other sizes too, i'm just too lazy to list)
great for just about any cable you could ever need.
Meritline also has free shipping.
I just went to dollar tree to see what's going on there and was looking around and found one for my phone it was the last one and it works perfect nothing wwrong and the stock one broke
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I'll second the Monoprice.com recommendation. I've been buying from them for years and have never been dissatisfied. Their home theater cables are extremely high quality and dirt cheap.
911jason said:
I'll second the Monoprice.com recommendation. I've been buying from them for years and have never been dissatisfied. Their home theater cables are extremely high quality and dirt cheap.
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Ill third this site...I have never used them and actually never heard of them until about 2 weeks ago...it was absolutely jaw dropping how ridiculously cheap their products are...+1
I bought a retractable cable from a seller via Amazon.com for like 0.60 LOL!
Finally the official HTC Desktop Dock is now available and appears to be only in stock at HTCpedia.
shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-desktop-charging-dock.html
powells85 said:
Finally the official HTC Desktop Dock is now available and appears to be only in stock at HTCpedia.
shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-desktop-charging-dock.html
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My opinion...
If this would have been released with the phone or shortly thereafter I think it would have sold like hotcakes. I have no doubt that I would have bought one.
But now that the phone has been out for so long a lot of people have found other alternatives or have gotten used to just using the kickstand (like me).
For 60.00, I'll pass.
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-desktop-charging-dock.html
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My opinion...
If this would have been released with the phone or shortly thereafter I think it would have sold like hotcakes. I have no doubt that I would have bought one.
But now that the phone has been out for so long a lot of people have found other alternatives or have gotten used to just using the kickstand (like me).
For 60.00, I'll pass.
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-desktop-charging-dock.html
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Yes I totally agree... I say that money can be better spent on the ext battery!
$60 bucks?? i will also pass
where's the HDMI out? boo!
Too little too late, htc. I am absolutely not paying 60 dollars for a cheap piece of plastic that does nothing my current wall charger doesn't do.
Frankly, that looks very similar, if not, exactly like the dock on the verizon website.
And they sell for the same price.
Looks nice and I might consider it if/when it drops to a reasonable price.
Looks great, but I';; wait until it comes down to about $25.
Pass as well on this. $60 is better spent elsewhere.
60$?!?!?!?!
this is the **** that pisses me off
$14.99 pls?
its cool i got a dock with my kickstand
Also, I'll probably wait until someone sells this on amazon for a really cheap price.
Only a matter of time I say...
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It seems there are merchants selling the car dock for about 17 dollars new (at time of post). Plus other non-HTC desktop docks for about 30 bucks
http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-HTC-V...DGGA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1309550923&sr=8-3
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where's the HDMI out? boo!
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HDMI out is impossible since the TB doesn't have an HDMI port. And its really not needed on a phone....
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HDMI out is impossible since the TB doesn't have an HDMI port. And its really not needed on a phone....
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That is one opinion. This was a great feature of my old X, I was disappointed the Thunderbolt didn't come with it.
I went ahead and ordered one, I had one for my old Droid and liked it when using it as an alarm clock.
Wish it would have been a little cheaper though.
Here's a 3rd part equivalent for half the price
Amazon
Really HTC? After months of waiting this is what you bring is this overpriced dock with no HDMI out on it? How about dropping this to $30 then I might be interested. Otherwise epic fail.
HTC y U NO PUT HDMI PORT?!?!1?!! =[
Because they really failed with this phone. I loved it at first, but now I am just beginning to hate it. With the issues like the stupid usb location, gps issues, no HDMI, random reboots, etc I am really beginning to regret my decision from launch day.
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Really HTC? After months of waiting this is what you bring is this overpriced dock with no HDMI out on it? How about dropping this to $30 then I might be interested. Otherwise epic fail.
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Seriously. When I heard the $60 price tag, I thought that this must have an hdmi to come close to making it worth it. I agree with the post above, this phone is ok, but no where near the build quality of the OD Droid.
You can pick up these little right angle adaptors on that well known auction site very cheaply. Just do a search for "Vertical Right Angled 90D USB A Female to Micro B Male". Along with a Cruzer Fit tiny USB stick, they make an alternative neat way of extending the storage on rooted devices. I have several for movies now. This is one with the Cruzer Fit inserted: click for a larger image.
Brilliant! Definitely gonna get one of those.
This is my current setup and I hate it, one bad bump in the wrong direction could result in a busted microUSB port
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Brilliant! Definitely gonna get one of those.
This is my current setup and I hate it, one bad bump in the wrong direction could result in a busted microUSB port
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Yes, I have one of those too! And a couple of the ones with dangly wires. But the right angled adaptor is a lot more stable. Delivery from HK took a couple of weeks.
Quick question about the Cruzer Fit as well actually - does it get very hot when in use? Mine is a different brand, I forget what, and it gets worryingly hot whenever I use it, presumably because it's so small.
I think this is alot neater .....I preordered 2 for the wife and I . They are shipping within the next week or so. Solid build quality.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421184
EDIT: $12 each plus shipping.
AlderCass said:
Quick question about the Cruzer Fit as well actually - does it get very hot when in use? Mine is a different brand, I forget what, and it gets worryingly hot whenever I use it, presumably because it's so small.
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I can't detect the Cruzers even getting warm. Mind you, they are only doing serial reads of pre-written video files so there is no writing involved.
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I think this is alot neater .....I preordered 2 for the wife and I . They are shipping within the next week or so. Solid build quality.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421184
EDIT: $12 each plus shipping.
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Yes I looked at those. But microsd cards are so easy to lose if you want to work with several, fine if it's just one permanently fitted card. With a Cruzer Fit permanently attached, these devices form a nice little module and end up cheaper overall: they're less than £1 post paid to the UK, and I would assume similar to the USA.
Some people are starting to make micro usb memory sticks, but they seem to be taking the line that they have a standard USB on one end and the micro USB at the other, which makes them rather clumsy. They're also silly prices at the moment!
I agree on the micro sd card reader being a better option. This looks like a nice option for those with external hard drives.
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Hi All,
I found this while I was browsing around.
http://www.dailysteals.com/?utm_source=DailySteals.com+-+Deal+of+the+Day&utm_campaign=cecca2efb8-1_4_13_Sat_Steals&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df9b59ce87-cecca2efb8-30879741#d/17452
The MSRP is $99, they're charging $25 right now. Tried googling the name, but nothing comes up. Then again, its hard to mess up a wireless charger. I ordered it anyway.
Just in case anybody else is interested. :good:
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Hi All,
I found this while I was browsing around.
http://www.dailysteals.com/?utm_source=DailySteals.com+-+Deal+of+the+Day&utm_campaign=cecca2efb8-1_4_13_Sat_Steals&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df9b59ce87-cecca2efb8-30879741#d/17452
The MSRP is $99, they're charging $25 right now. Tried googling the name, but nothing comes up. Then again, its hard to mess up a wireless charger. I ordered it anyway.
Just in case anybody else is interested. :good:
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Looks like another no-name charger. $25 isn't a good deal
Yeah I bought 4 of these on ebay for 15$ a piece shipped I started with two , they worked perfect so I bought two more a couple days later all in 4 for 60$ I couldn't be happier just do a quick search on ebay, if your u sure just hit me up I'll find my reciept....
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There is no way the MSRP on that is $99. Definitely not a "steal" as they put it. I've been burned by that website before on a MicroSD card that was advertised as a sandisk class 10 but ended up being some knockoff brand when it finally got to me, loose and floating around an envelope in no packaging.
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You guys want an awesome wireless charger for under $25?
Check this out:
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/ac...arging-plate-sku6290260.html#fbid=I6GcsXoIAba
Nokia DT-900, great wireless charger for $24.50/Free shipping.
Works flawlessly with our N5s.
Can't beat that.
Update: Nokia DT-900, $20, Boom:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nokia-DT-90...3747?var=&hash=item8e13c7e2f2&vti=Color White
JD2589 said:
You guys want an awesome wireless charger for under $25?
Check this out:
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/ac...arging-plate-sku6290260.html#fbid=I6GcsXoIAba
Nokia DT-900, great wireless charger for $24.50/Free shipping.
Works flawlessly with our N5s.
Can't beat that.
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DO NOT buy this!!
It has a proprietary plug, is not micro USB, and the output is only 750mA... It will charge your phone extremely slowly compared to other Qi chargers.
Most other Qi chargers, even ones half this price have a 1000mA output.
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DO NOT buy this!!
It has a proprietary plug, is not micro USB, and the output is only 750mA... It will charge your phone extremely slowly compared to other Qi chargers.
Most other Qi chargers, even ones half this price have a 1000mA output.
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I will admit its not that fastest charger out their, but by no means it is a bad wireless charger what so ever. Takes under 3 hours to get a full charge from 0%.
I had a Tylt Wireless Charger on order and had to cancel the order after reading about their over heating issues. While N5 users using the DT900 have nothing but good things to say about it, a simple search here on XDA will prove you that.
The Nokia DT-900 is a quality wireless charger, especially when compared to any cheap eBay wireless charger you can buy, I would never set my phone on a cheap eBay wireless charger.
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I will admit its not that fastest charger out their, but by no means it is a bad wireless charger what so ever. Takes under 3 hours to get a full charge from 0%.
I had a Tylt Wireless Charger on order and had to cancel the order after reading about their over heating issues. While N5 users using the DT900 have nothing but good things to say about it, a simple search here on XDA will prove you that.
The Nokia DT-900 is a quality wireless charger, especially when compared to any cheap eBay wireless charger you can buy, I would never set my phone on a cheap eBay wireless charger.
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If you generalize about the quality of a product strictly based on price and where you buy it from, you'll miss out on great products sorry to say. And I have done quite a bit of reading, both here on xda and elsewhere about the DT-900, and it's a mixed bag. Most of the high praise was due to the price when they had a fire sale, the performance is just average, many saying on the slow side. Also with issues of having to perfectly find the sweet spot, despite it having 3 coils.
While I agree the Tylt Vu is not my cup of tea, if you search for posts I've done about cheap Qi chargers. I've got ones that we're under $12, charge fantastically, and have no problems with detection. And yup, dirt cheap from ebay, the place where you would never set your phone down.
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If you generalize about the quality of a product strictly based on price and where you buy it from, you'll miss out on great products sorry to say. And I have done quite a bit of reading, both here on xda and elsewhere about the DT-900, and it's a mixed bag. Most of the high praise was due to the price when they had a fire sale, the performance is just average, many saying on the slow side. Also with issues of having to perfectly find the sweet spot, despite it having 3 coils.
While I agree the Tylt Vu is not my cup of tea, if you search for posts I've done about cheap Qi chargers. I've got ones that we're under $12, charge fantastically, and have no problems with detection. And yup, dirt cheap from ebay, the place where you would never set your phone down.
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What I meant by the cheap eBay products is that they aren't name brands, meaning they are cheaply made by god knows who...
I don't think their sale price has anything to do with it, look at Tylts they had a 50% off sale on them, and it has just exposed the overheating issue with the N5 even more because more people bought them and were affected by the issue. Whereas Nokia's also had them on sale and has gotten good reviews, barely any complaints on the N5 forums.
But we are all entitled to our own opinions, so I respect yours.
I will happily read those posts,
Thanks.
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What I meant by the cheap eBay products is that they aren't name brands, meaning they are cheaply made by god knows who...
I don't think their sale price has anything to do with it, look at Tylts they had a 50% off sale on them, and it has just exposed the overheating issue with the N5 even more because more people bought them. Whereas Nokia's has gotten good reviews, barely any complaints on the N5 forums.
But we are all entitled to our own opinions, so I respect yours.
I will happily read those posts,
Thanks.
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Sure I agree everyone has their own opinions. But also just because something isn't name brand doesn't mean its a cheap pos. That's another generalization you're making.
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Sure I agree everyone has their own opinions. But also just because something isn't name brand doesn't mean its a cheap pos. That's another generalization you're making.
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I guess I just don't trust cheap no name brand things, ever heard of 'You get what you pay for"?
But sure it's another generalization.
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I guess I just don't trust cheap no name brand things, ever heard of 'You get what you pay for"?
But sure it's another generalization.
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Just curious, do you buy name brand over store brand items?
Oh that is not a steal, even I know that, they sell those on eBay for less the 10 bucks all day...
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Just curious, do you buy name brand over store brand items?
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Depends.
But usually I trust name brands more.
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Depends.
But usually I trust name brands more.
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Lol. Yes a Johnson & Johnson band-aid is better CVS band-aid.
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Oh that is not a steal, even I know that, they sell those on eBay for less the 10 bucks all day...
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I just searched on eBay and did not find one for $10, the cheapest one was $20 shipped from Brooklyn. Unless your looking at auctions which haven't ended.
So there you go folks Nokia DT-900 even cheaper: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nokia-DT-90...3747?var=&hash=item8e13c7e2f2&vti=Color White
If you were talking about the Wireless charger that the OP pointed out then I retract what was said above.
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Lol. Yes a Johnson & Johnson band-aid is better CVS band-aid.
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Yes of course, Thanks for your support.
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I guess I just don't trust cheap no name brand things, ever heard of 'You get what you pay for"?
But sure it's another generalization.
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Okay, but that's your mistake. You're assuming everything name brand is somehow better, and everything no name is cheap. In other words, you are the exact target audience for advertising, branding, marketing, and labels.
A Nike symbol on a shoe, doesn't somehow make it higher quality than the exact shoe without the swoosh stitching. They're still made at the same $1.50 hour sweat shops overseas. Only that little check mark allows a store to mark it up hundreds of dollars more.
Have you seen how a bread factory works? It's the same production line, at the very end it splits off in multiple directions for multiple brands. Wonderbread, walmart, house brand, no name. Same production line, same product, different branding, vastly different prices. Your breakfast cereal works the exact same way, same factories, different boxes and branding. No name/generic, skips the advertising and branding, so they charge less, and I save money.
But if you want to keep the opinion that generic = cheap garbage, go for it. I'll happily spend less money for a product that is the same or better, even if it doesn't have a few extra letters associated with a giant corporation.
Here's an example I did about the Nexus 5 quicksand cases. Name brand vs Generic ebay. One is $20, the other $0.99
You tell me if the 20x increase in price is worth it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48771439&postcount=13
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Okay, but that's your mistake. You're assuming everything name brand is somehow better, and everything no name is cheap. In other words, you are the exact target audience for advertising, branding, marketing, and labels.
A Nike symbol on a shoe, doesn't somehow make it higher quality than the exact shoe without the swoosh stitching. They're still made at the same $1.50 hour sweat shops overseas. Only that little check mark allows a store to mark it up hundreds of dollars more.
Have you seen how a bread factory works? It's the same production line, at the very end it splits off in multiple directions for multiple brands. Wonderbread, walmart, house brand, no name. Same production line, same product, different branding, vastly different prices. Your breakfast cereal works the exact same way, same factories, different boxes and branding. No name/generic, skips the advertising and branding, so they charge less, and I save money.
But if you want to keep the opinion that generic = cheap garbage, go for it. I'll happily spend less money for a product that is the same or better, even if it doesn't have a few extra letters associated with a giant corporation.
Here's an example I did about the Nexus 5 quicksand cases. Name brand vs Generic ebay. One is $20, the other $0.99
You tell me if the 20x increase in price is worth it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48771439&postcount=13
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I never said that generic brands in totality are garbage. That's why in a post above I said depends.
You can't always compare cheap no name brands to high end brand names. Sometimes you can sometimes you can't.
But this is really worthless, this thread was simply about someone wanting to buy a $25 no name cheap wireless charger and I pointed out that for $24.50 they could buy something that is better in terms of quality and brand.
BTW nice find with the cases, in that case the generic brand was of very similar quality when compared to the name brand.
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I never said that generic brands in totality are garbage. That's why in a post above I said depends.
You can't always compare cheap no name brands to high end brand names. Sometimes you can sometimes you can't.
But this is really worthless, this thread was simply about someone wanting to buy a $25 no name cheap wireless charger and I pointed out that for $24.50 they could buy something that is better in terms of quality and brand.
BTW nice find with the cases, in that case the generic brand was of very similar quality when compared to the name brand.
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Thanks, but on technicalities, it's not "similar quality" to the name brand case. It is the SAME case, minus some ink for 1/20 the price.
Also, it isn't worthless to bring this topic up, because despite talking about it, you continue to keep making ignorant generalizations, in this case, ones with no factual basis.
For instance, why do you automatically assume his charger of choice is a "no name cheap wireless charger?" You know absolutely nothing about it. Sure there are ones out there that cost less, but why would you assume his is bad? Just because it isn't Nokia, Sony, Samsung, or whatever other billion dollar conglomerate, doesn't make the product no name or cheap.
Then you list a Nokia, saying it's better in terms of quality and brand, yet you have no basis for comparison other than what you're imagining.
Your recommendation, other than the word Nokia molded in the plastic in worse in every way than almost all other standard Qi chargers.
1) It uses proprietary inputs, almost every other manufacturer uses the standard micro USB adapter.
2) Most reviews say it requires finding the sweet spot to charge, or the phone doesn't recognize it.
3) It's output is 750mA while almost all others are 1000mA.
So again, how is the Nokia better in terms of quality and brand when in all actuality, the product is worse in every way?
This is going to be my last post as it isn't adding much to the topic.
Its like comparing a a Mercedes Benz to a Kia. Which one is better my friend? The Benz or the Kia. We all know the high end brand is going to be better.
If you tell me the Kia then we all know who is actually being ignorant.
Remember I earlier said it is my opinion, and that I respected yours. I'm not going to lower myself to getting into some stupid fight with you over this. Like I said and will say again it is my opinion. If you don't respect another people opinions the one who shouldn't be recommending products is yourself.
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