'Made For i' branding may be shifting focus from iPod to iPhone and iPad

MFi needs better policing. There are a lot of Chinese companies that are licensees who have affiliates that make and sell the products. Many of them you see on Amazon and Groupon and most are utter crap.

I did buy a 10' cable, had it plugged into a 12 watt iPad charger and while unplugged from my iPhone, the lightning end melted. All of the packaging showed MFi, the retailer also told me that they were a legitimate MFi manufacturer but I didn't trust them and returned the cable. 

I dont know if Apple tests actual products "in the wild" that claim to be MFi and shut down the counterfeit ones. 

Good , I always buy the MFi stuff.

hammeroftruth said:

MFi needs better policing. There are a lot of Chinese companies that are licensees who have affiliates that make and sell the products. Many of them you see on Amazon and Groupon and most are utter crap.

I did buy a 10' cable, had it plugged into a 12 watt iPad charger and while unplugged from my iPhone, the lightning end melted. All of the packaging showed MFi, the retailer also told me that they were a legitimate MFi manufacturer but I didn't trust them and returned the cable. 

I dont know if Apple tests actual products "in the wild" that claim to be MFi and shut down the counterfeit ones. 

I think more and more knock off fake label MFI stuff is creeping up on Amazon & Groupon. If a knock off company can print Sennheiser on their packaging/product and get sold on Amazon as Sennheiser brand, why not the same with the MFI labeling?  They know damn well they can sell more with the MFI designation printed on the packaging. Also considering that Amazon sells books with full instructions for installing KODI don't expect any type of policing of product quality/integrity anytime soon. 

https://www.amazon.com/How-Install-Kodi-Firestick-2018/dp/1973517051/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1520739702&sr=8-10&keywords=amazon+fire+stick+kodi

At one point they were even allowing them to be sold already jailbroken form other sellers, but I think that may have stopped. I just did a search and nothing came up directly from Amazon. 

What I love is the MFi hearing aids. Apple worked with the hearing aid manufacturers to make it right. When my patients tell me they have an iPhone, I know that they can get a superior experience out of their hearing aids due to the solid connectivity. They can receive phone calls, stream music and control the aids with an app. Whether they’re 40 or 80, they’re always thrilled!

Some of my cables are "Made for iPhone iOS10, iPod iOS10, iPad iOS10 but not iPhone iOS11, iPod iOS11, iPad iOS11"