Hey everybody. My name's Tom. Welcome to the channel. Here I love to talk about
all things tech. From printers to drones, and microphones to apps; I love it all.
And today, although the unboxing segment might be a little dry, I assure you that
the information I'm going to provide could potentially save you hundreds of
dollars in your future iPhone, iPad, and iPod cable buying. Today I'm taking a look
at the Anker 3' 3x pack; iPhone, iPad, iPod cables. But it's not the
only thing we're really taking a look at. This video is mostly focusing on this
little piece of branding right here. It says "Made for iPhone | iPad | iPod" and
yes. Obviously these are iPhone, iPad, and iPod
cables. But that little piece of branding is actually called an MFI certification.
MF I made for I pad pod and phone and that little certification branding is
super important and I never knew it MFI is actually a licensing program
developed by Apple for developers of hardware and software it was made by
Apple so they could have control over the quality and some tech requirements
needed for their products now this is super important because while there are
tons of products that don't have Apple certifications I can guarantee you that
one there most definitely cheaply made and - they'll probably stop working way
before they should and I can tell you I have first-hand experience in this
department this is just an example of one set of cables that I bought that
were not MFI certified yes they are six foot long super fancy braided eye cables
but they're cheaply made once you start using them the fabric rips there's never
a solid connection and then when you get an iPhone and you plug it in you get a
message like this accessory may not be supported and then your phone stops
charging I've also bought adapters ones you're able to use headphones and charge
at the same time not MFI certified and ones where you're able to plug in
microUSB into a lightning cable also not MFI certified these all have one thing
in common they stop working think of the MFI
program as quality control from Apple so while I've been using AI cables for the
better part of seven years I've only recently learned about the MFI
certification so while you're able to buy a Lightning USB cable from Apple for
$19 you can also pick up a similar sized product or multipack much like this
anchor box where there are three of them in here one tenth of a meter shorter for
$19.95 if you guys are interested in checking these out after the review I'll
make sure to throw a link in the description below for you so with that
being said let's just open the box and we're gonna take a look at these and the
package is nothing spectacular it's just a soft cardboard box and boom we have
three cables actually like anchor products I've been following them for
quite some time and I like the care that they put into their products obviously
going the extra mile to get MFI certification kind of speaks volumes in
my opinion to a company that wants to make quality third-party products
way to go anchor you did it so each cable is like I mentioned three feet
long or 0.9 meters and they come with a branded wire tie right here
I like that keeping it clean guys no plastic in that bag actually anticipated
them all being wrapped in plastic I'm kind of pumped that they they skipped on
the plastic they also have a customer service card saying contact us up you're
happy or contact us if you're not happy I like that they give you both options
all three wires have a serial number located on the usb side of the cable
they're also branded anchor and that's it with the release of Apple products
from now until the end of time I highly encourage you to look for NFI certified
products it's something that developers should be proud of especially going that
extra mile to include quality control from Apple themselves I hope this video
helped explain to you what Emmet I was in its simplest terms and will
ultimately help you make better decisions when picking and buying cables
for all your future iDevices be sure to subscribe if you haven't already and
watch another watch another video they're pretty good
I mean I'm biased but thank you guys for hanging out I'll see you in the next
video peace