$14.95 Inc GST
A lightning cable is the accessory an iPhone owner replaces most often, and the one where the cheap option costs the most. This is a KUULAA cable, MFi certified, in liquid silicone — which addresses both the reason cheap ones fail and the reason cheap ones stop working after an update.
MFi stands for Made for iPhone, iPad and iPod. It is Apple’s licensing program, and a certified lightning cable carries a chip the phone checks for and recognises.
The practical consequence: an uncertified cable can throw the “This accessory may not be supported” warning, charge intermittently, or stop working entirely after an iOS update, because the phone is entitled to refuse it. A mfi certified lightning cable does not have that problem — it is the same handshake Apple’s own cables use.
That is what a mfi certified lightning cable is worth paying for. Not build quality, not speed — the certainty that it will still work next year.
Every cable of this kind fails in the same place: the neck of the connector, where the lead bends every time it is plugged in, pocketed or pulled out by the cord. PVC goes stiff and splits there. Braided nylon frays.
Liquid silicone stays soft and returns to shape, so it flexes at the neck thousands of times without the memory kinks that eventually break the conductors. A mfi certified lightning cable in this jacket also does not tangle, and it wipes clean rather than going grey in a bag.
This lightning cable carries up to 2.4 amps, which is the standard rate for Lightning charging and what almost every iPhone will draw from a standard charger. It is a solid, correct specification.
What it is not is a fast-charge cable in the modern sense. iPhone fast charging runs over USB-C to Lightning with a Power Delivery charger — a different cable and a different brick. If you want an iPhone to go from flat to half in half an hour, that is the combination you need, and we stock it. If you want a reliable everyday cable for the bedside, the car and the desk, this is that.
We would rather tell you which one you are buying than let the word “fast” do the work.
Every device with a Lightning port: iPhone 5 through iPhone 14 and the SE models, iPad and iPad mini with Lightning, iPod Touch, AirPods charging cases with a Lightning port, and Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad.
iPhone 15 and later use USB-C, not Lightning. If your phone charges with the same connector as a modern Android, you want a USB-C cable instead — ask us rather than finding out at home.
Lightning is being phased out, which makes people hesitate before buying another one. It should not. There are years of iPhones still in daily use, every one of them needs a mfi certified lightning cable eventually, and the accessories — keyboards, mice, older AirPods cases — will outlast the phones.
Buying a good iphone charger cable now is buying the last one you need for that device.
Fits every device with a Lightning port:
iPhone 15 and later use USB-C, not Lightning. If your phone charges with the same connector as a modern Android, you need a USB-C cable — ask us and we will confirm before you order.
Core Connect Aust is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. Apple, iPhone, iPad, iPod, AirPods and Lightning are trademarks of Apple Inc. MFi is Apple’s Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod licensing program; this cable is manufactured by KUULAA under that program.
This lightning cable is stocked in Melbourne and ready to go — order before 10am and your iphone charger cable ships the same day via Australia Post with insurance, backed by our 90-day warranty and a team who can tell you whether you need this or the USB-C fast-charge version.
Buy the certified one once. Order your lightning cable today.
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