usb ac adapters are the one thing I won't buy chink shit

I didn't know you could die from contact with USB

if your chink shit ac adapter isn't properly isolated from the mains then yes you can

If it was a chinky one that was delivering too much pwr

yeah

not delivering "too much" power

@Deleted User Saint Clive showed several USB / battery lanterns where the USB port was live at mains. 👍

it was delivering literally AC power

oh okay

jesus no wonder the kid died

same shit with the note 7 """"explosions""""

different issue

No one talked about what charger the people were using

it was proven to be cause by a battery defect though

they already did a postmortem of the note 7

$1 chink-charger on a $700+ phone

it was a different issue

Hey, which lepin set should I get?

I don't even trust the Xiaomeme charger I got with the phone I bought.

They have been selling them in Korea with a smaller battery.

https://news.samsung.com/global/infographic-galaxy-note7-what-we-discovered

I keep using my Samsung charger.

Huh. Neat little info site.

apple has a buyback program

if you bring them a shitty charger

you can buy an apple one for $10

🤔

i could abuse that

Exactly.

buy bulk chink chargers, resell apple ones for 15 dollars

I really don't think they give a flying fuck anyway. It's profit either way for them.

anyone with a brain would turn you away

Did you guys see the thread yesterday about Best Buy giving you $75 in-store-credit for bringing "a working laptop"

https://www.apple.com/support/usbadapter-takeback/

So people were dusting off Win95 machines and walking them in, employees pissed off.

How was that not the first thing that came to mind?

there's a difference between offering someone $75 once which in most cases will result in them turning around and applying that credit to a new tablet or laptop

Corporate is always retarded

and some kind of bulk usb scam

"Scam"

AAPL pays pennies for a charger, undoubtedly.