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I’m sure you’ve seen a fake lightning cable before, and differentiating between fake and authentic seem pretty straightforward. Even Apple’s website shows you how to tell.  But.. I’ve noticed that the fakes are looking increasingly like the authentic ones. So how can you tell? The easy to tell ones These are the basic ones. The lightning connector is not in a single metal casing. These are pretty straightforward to differentiate. These are the basic ones. The lightning connector is not in a single metal casing. These are pretty straightforward to tell.  Looking at the above picture, it seems pretty easy to tell eh? But nah, that's just the tip of the iceberg. I’m starting to see some with a single metal piece that almost seems authentic until you look very closely. Not so easy to tell ones There was once I bought an ‘authentic’ cable from someone on Carousell. The box looked identical to the ones in Apple stores, with the exception of the blue sticker ...

I'm sure you've heard news of those fake apple chargers exploding right? After looking at the news it seems that it is pretty easy to differentiate between the fake and the real right? Well, nope. Those producing the fake power adapters are getting better at imitating the real ones and you have to take a closer look to check if it's real.  This blog post is going to be a long one so if you're inpatient feel free to skip to the pictures. In this blog post I will talk about the improvements of the fake chargers, and some ways to check if yours is real.  Ps: if you've got more suggestions or have any points that I've missed out feel free to comment bellow to let everyone know!  Context  Basically, the best way to ensure yours is original is to purchase from Apple retail stores. But let's say you want to have a few at home and a few at the office, the cost of buying retail adds up really quickly. So you want to buy from someone else who sells it m...